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Organizational Design
“Organizational design correlates of entrepreneurship: The roles of decentralization and formalization for opportunity discovery and realization”

Foss, N. J., Lyngsie, J., & Zahra, S. A. (2015). Organizational design correlates of entrepreneurship: The roles of decentralization and formalization for opportunity discovery and realization. Strategic Organization, 13(1), 32-60.

Questions that apply to this article:

  1. In our opinion, which is more important for opportunity discovery and realization…formalization or decentralization?  Defend your answer.
  2. Based on your reading of the article, if you wanted to encourage entrepreneurship in your organization, what type of organizational design would you implement? How would you go about implementing your design?