Organizational Structure and Expected Output at Nuclear Power Plants
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19317599 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Geoffrey Rothwell (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 78 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 482 |
| Publication date | 1996-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Review of Economics and Statistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-6535 • E-ISSN: 1530-9142 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2109795 |
| OpenAlex | W2094968294 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 2 |
This paper examines the relationship between organizational structure and operation and outage durations at nuclear power plants in the United States. It empirically examines Aoki's (1990) proposition that (1) hierarchical control increases productivity in situations that are very stable or very uncertain and (2) horizontal coordination increases productivity in intermediate situations. It describes a model of continuous production in which management chooses an organizational structure that minimizes the ratio of the hazard rates for operation and outage. And proposes an index of hierarchy based on measures of plant-level organization. Parameter estimates support the proposition that less hierarchy is associated with higher productivity through longer periods of operation. Copyright 1996 by MIT Press
Business · Economics · Industrial organization · Management · Nuclear physics · Nuclear power · Organizational structure · Physics · Power (physics) · Thermodynamics · Auction Theory and Applications · Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems · Market Dynamics and Volatility
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,07 |
| Citation span | 1997 - 2011 (15) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |