Centralization has become associated with dysfunctional governance, obsolete planning, and unconstitutional and unaccountable policies.
Controlling for unobserved characteristics, such as the quality of the teams, the study confirms previous findings with panel data: networks characterized by high intensity (controlling for interaction opportunities) and low centralization are indeed associated with better team performance.
One study of moderate quality including acute secondary care patients found centralization to be associated with less disability at one, two and three months follow-up and for less pain at two and three months follow-up but not at one month follow-up [ 67].
Based on survey responses from 68 call-center managers, the authors found that both centralization and decentralization are associated with call-center service operations.
Managers at all levels should understand the role of organizational design as call centers are established or expanded, in particular the relative centralization (distribution of authority) associated with delivering services to customers.
Studies examining the overall tradeoffs associated with increasing centralization vs. decentralization (e.g. potential C sequestration from manure application to cropland soils; NOx and CH4 emissions; costs of transportation for livestock, milk and meat, and manure; air and water quality; and impacts on rural communities such as odors and health risks) are needed.
Recognition that centralization of specialist care is associated with reduced mortality rates might generate a new stream of transfers [ 2].
One study found centralization and peripheralization to be associated with better outcome of pain and disability (only multivariable analysis reported) [ 25], and another study found no association with pain, disability, or return to work in either univariate or multivariable analyses [ 32].
It's to be called Openleaks, previously covered here, and it will try to fix some of the problems associated with the Wikileaks model, namely centralization.
From a historical perspective, the process is often associated with an accumulation of capital, centralization and control over the means of coercion and the enhanced power of rulers to access these resources by appearing to be legitimate [ 15].
