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The most common source of friction is the natural tendency of hierarchies to concentrate power at the top through a rich get richer mechanism: a more powerful member can use their greater power to gain still more power than a weaker member can.

The most common type of friction comes from the natural tendency of a hierarchy to concentrate power at the top. The basic mechanism is "the rich get richer". A more powerful member is able to use their greater power to gain more power, in any stage, than a weaker member can.

Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Introduction to Decentralization (2021), Overview & Introduction: The process of organizational development, p. 4
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Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Introduction to Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782192

• hierarchies in which power differences among members already exist

mechanismsupport: arguedinstitutional-design

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