# General electric

`kaal:entity:general-electric`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 2 claims that carry the concept tag `general-electric`. It is a roster of what the corpus says under this term. It is **not** an adjudicated definition: no single statement here has been ruled canonical, and no first-appearance call has been made. Read the claims and judge for yourself.

## Every claim under this term

2 claims across 2 works, 2019 to 2021.

**2019**

- [3411897-005](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3411897-005) [empirical/asserted] -- General Electric's decentralization under Jack Welch worked because each business unit was made fully accountable through its own profit and loss statement and market price internal transactions, which removed inefficiencies and drove up market value.
  > Welch's method enabled each business unit to be run efficiently and profitably, while allowing unit heads significant flexibility and independence. GE's market value skyrocketed as a result of its decentralization of business units.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization - Past, Present, and Future (2019). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3411897

**2021**

- [3808852-012](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3808852-012) [empirical/evidenced] -- Organizational decentralization can raise economic performance without new technology: Jack Welch's separation of GE business units, each with its own profit-and-loss statement and full accountability, allowed efficient and profitable operation and GE's market value skyrocketed as a result.
  > Welch's method enabled each business unit to be run efficiently and profitably, while allowing unit heads significant flexibility and independence. GE's market value skyrocketed as a result of its decentralization of business units.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization and Feedback Effects (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3808852

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