| Complexity
and Organizational Structure: Internet and Visa International as Prototypes for the Corporation of the Future |
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by Emily F. Breuner |
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| Acknowledgements | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Ch.1: | Introduction | |
| Ch.2: | The Trend Toward Decentralization and Distributed Authority | |
| Ch.3: | Methodology | |
| Ch.4: | The Internet: Its Structure and Governance | |
| Ch.5: | Visa International: Its Structure and Governance | |
| Ch.6: | Characteristics and Requirements of Successfully | |
| Ch.7: | Common Process Elements of the Internetand Visa International | |
| Ch.8: | Implications | |
| Ch.9: | Areas for Further Study | |
| Ch.10: | Conclusion | |
| Submitted
to the Sloan School of Management in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements
for the Degree of Master of Science In Management at the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology May 1995 |
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| Copyright 1995 Emily F. Breuner All rights reserved | ||
| The author hereby grants MIT permission to reproduce and to distribute publicly paper and electronic copies of this thesis document in whole or in part. | ||