# kaal:claim:3782191-028

**Claim.** Decentralized organizations outperform centralized ones precisely in the two circumstances where centralization fails: when choices multiply without bound and when novel crises arise.

**Type.** condition  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- unbounded choice environments
- novel crises

**Source quote.**

> Decentralized organizations thrive in both of these circumstances, when choices multiply without bound and when novel crises arise.

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, *Preface to* (2021), What is decentralization? A mathematician's perspective from Craig Calcaterra, page 15

**Cite as.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Preface to (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782191

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**Topics.** decentralization, institutional-design

**Keywords.** decentralization, novel-crisis, adaptability, organizational-design

**Related claims.**

- extended_by: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782193-017

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