Organizational Structure and Performance in Dutch small Firms |
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Authors: | Email author" target="_blank">Joris?MeijaardEmail author Maryse?J?Brand Marco?Mosselman |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Innovation Management Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, P.O. Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands;(2) Faculty of Management and Organization, University of Groningen, P.O. Box 800, 9700 AV Groningen, The Netherlands;(3) EIM Business and Policy Research, P.O. Box 7001, 2701 AA Zoetermeer, The Netherlands |
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Abstract: | The relationship between organizational structure and performance in small firms has received relatively limited attention over the last few decades. In understanding small firm performance this seems to be a serious omission. In this paper, we first present the rationale for including organizational structure in the analysis of small firm performance. Then, from the literature on organizational theory, we retrieve several dimensions that may be postulated to describe organizational structures of small firms. Based on the study of a stratified sample of 1411 Dutch small firms we show that nine structure stereotypes can be delineated. We further investigate the relevance of the empirical taxonomy by looking at the relationship with firm performance in terms of sales growth, profitability and innovativeness. Eventually, we conclude that organizational structure indeed matters and that it deserves to be taken into account in models and future analysis of small firm performance. |
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Keywords: | innovativeness organizational structure small firm performance |
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