On the relation between organizational practices and new technologies: The role of time based Competition

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Title
On the relation between organizational practices and new technologies: The role of time based Competition
Journal
Economic Journal
Author(s)
Askenazy  P., Thesmar  D., Thoenig  M.
ISSN
0013-0133
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2006
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
116
Number
508
Pages
128-154
Language
english
Abstract
This article studies some aspects of organisation choice while explicitly accounting for the fact that firms compete on the product market. Firms compete by introducing drastic innovations, while organisation choice results from a tradeoff between productive efficiency and reactivity. We show that the adoption of information technologies and the choice of reactive organisations are complements via an industry-level equilibrium effect. This view contrasts with the existing literature which emphasises the existence of similar complementarities at the firm level. Consistently with our model, we find that industry-level, rather than firm-level, diffusion of information technologies explains firms' organisational practices.
Keywords
Information technology, creative destruction, firm
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