In this study, we examine how business units of multidivisional firms adapt their activities in response to poor performance at the corporate and business unit levels. By linking performance feedback theory with theories of attention and M-form organizations, we show that corporate structure...

This study examines the effects of organizational structure and performance feedback on termination decisions — in particular, product phaseout. Using quarterly product-level data on the major mobile handset manufacturers for the period 2004–2009, we analyze how product-level feedback...