# kaal:claim:3782191-033

**Claim.** Centralized organizations are more effective and efficient than decentralized ones at the singular task they were designed for, because an optimally centralized structure has no redundancy while decentralization takes longer to locate the right components within its network.

**Type.** mechanism  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- a specific, predefined task

**Source quote.**

> Given a specific task, centralized organizations are more effective at the task they are designed for than decentralized organizations.

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, *Preface to* (2021), Qualities of decentralization: stability, efficiency, versatility, page 19

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

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `b0bf0529c3cf69839879bc4da476714efee2717a4beb768bd5c859b810e6174e` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Calcaterra%20and%20Kaal%20-%202021%20-%20Preface%20to.pdf

**Topics.** economics, decentralization

**Keywords.** task-optimization, redundancy, efficiency, centralization

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