To Standardize Enterprise Data or Not? An Economic Analysis of Flexibility versus Control
This paper addresses the tension between benefits of centralized data control against the benefits of decentralized control at the level of the business unit. Centralized data control provides the benefit of uniform standards whereas business unit data control grants flexibility to react to rapidly...
Main Authors: | Velu, Chander K., Madnick, Stuart E., Van Alstyne, Marshall W. |
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Format: | Working Paper |
Language: | en_US |
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2006
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/30607 |
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