Selecting the appropriate organizational design for the modern global firm: interaction among product design, environment, and technology

The structure of the global enterprise has altered dramatically over the past two decades (1979-99), due to the changing balance among market conditions, product characteristics, and information technology. In consequence the location of control and the control structures adopted by global firms have changed as well. Firms must choose the appropriate set of organizational designs based upon these interactions, where designs will reflect choices on the allocation of decision rights, the design of incentive structures, and the information infrastructure needed to support them.