Organizational structure and the limits of knowledge sharing / Lamar Pierce in Management science, Vol. 58 N° 6 (Juin 2012)  

Public ISBD [article]  inManagement science > Vol. 58 N° 6 (Juin 2012) . - pp.1106-1121 Titre : Organizational structure and the limits of knowledge sharing : Incentive conflict and agency in car leasing Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Lamar Pierce, Auteur Année de publication : 2012 Article en page(s) : pp.1106-1121 Note générale : Management Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Knowledge-based view Vertical integration Leasing Agency theory Automotive industry Résumé : This paper argues that conflicting incentives among managers may impede potential knowledge-sharing benefits from vertical integration. I study knowledge-based agency costs from vertical integration in car leasing, where manufacturer-owned captive lessors compete with independent lessors. Both organizational forms must acquire and integrate diffuse knowledge to accurately predict vehicle depreciation—a condition critical for profitability. Using a data set of 180,000 leases, I compare contracts of independent and captive lessors across car models, market conditions, and product life cycles. I find that managers in vertically integrated firms have conflicting incentives on whether to accurately and completely share proprietary knowledge, and show that these incentives appear to generate agency costs inconsistent with corporate profitability as managers selectively use and share knowledge for personal gain. The findings suggest that most knowledge benefits of vertical integration will be nullified when managerial interests are incompatible with the profit concerns of the firm. ISSN : 0025-1909 En ligne : http://mansci.journal.informs.org/content/58/6/1106.short [article] Organizational structure and the limits of knowledge sharing : Incentive conflict and agency in car leasing [texte imprimé] / Lamar Pierce, Auteur . - 2012 . - pp.1106-1121. Management Langues : Anglais (eng) in Management science > Vol. 58 N° 6 (Juin 2012) . - pp.1106-1121 Mots-clés : Knowledge-based view Vertical integration Leasing Agency theory Automotive industry Résumé : This paper argues that conflicting incentives among managers may impede potential knowledge-sharing benefits from vertical integration. I study knowledge-based agency costs from vertical integration in car leasing, where manufacturer-owned captive lessors compete with independent lessors. Both organizational forms must acquire and integrate diffuse knowledge to accurately predict vehicle depreciation—a condition critical for profitability. Using a data set of 180,000 leases, I compare contracts of independent and captive lessors across car models, market conditions, and product life cycles. I find that managers in vertically integrated firms have conflicting incentives on whether to accurately and completely share proprietary knowledge, and show that these incentives appear to generate agency costs inconsistent with corporate profitability as managers selectively use and share knowledge for personal gain. The findings suggest that most knowledge benefits of vertical integration will be nullified when managerial interests are incompatible with the profit concerns of the firm. ISSN : 0025-1909 En ligne : http://mansci.journal.informs.org/content/58/6/1106.short

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