# kaal:claim:3782193-016

**Claim.** Centralization is a powerful mechanism for rapidly building an efficient organization aimed at solving one specific problem, such as war in pre-unified China.

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

**Holds when.**

- organizations built around a single, well-defined problem

**Source quote.**

> Centralization is a powerful mechanism for rapidly building an effi- cient organization for solving a specific problem (e.g., war in pre-unified China).

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, *Historical Sketches of Centralization vs. Decentralization* (2021), Protocol decentralization in China, page 14

**Cite as.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Historical Sketches of Centralization vs. Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782193

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**Topics.** decentralization, economics, institutional-design

**Keywords.** centralization, efficiency, legalism, qin-dynasty, organizational-design

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