On the Relation Between Organisational Practices and New Technologies

The Role of (Time Based) Competition

Bibliographic Data

ID9716704
AuthorsP Askenazy (0000-0003-1447-9668, Paris Jourdan Sciences Economiques), David Thesmar (0000-0001-9265-0526, ENSAE‐CREST), Mathias Thoenig (Université de Genève, Paris‐Jourdan Sciences Economiques)
Year2006
Volume116
Issue508
Pages128-154
Publication date2006-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Economic Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0013-0133 • E-ISSN: 1468-0297
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1111/j.1468-0297.2006.01050.x
OpenAlexW2102767643
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited14

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. Copyright 2006 Royal Economic Society

Business · Competition (biology · Economics · Industrial organization · Information technology · Microeconomics · Product (mathematics · Product market · Relation (database · Strategic Choice · Computer Science · Economic Growth and Productivity · Economic theories and models · Innovation Diffusion and Forecasting

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