The project studies how alternative forms of economic architecture, such as new organizational forms, influence the acceptance and adoption of new technologies in organisational subunits.
Economic architecture refers to configurations of linkage between subunits within and between firms.
Therefore, we focus on a single industry with these characteristics. This project begins from the idea that experimentation in production that is, the application of the scientific method to optimizing production systems has become increasingly prevalent as a way of generating new knowledge in firms. In contrast to the existing literature, this projects inquires into the organizational forms and specific contracts under which experimentation takes place. We develop our view supported by case studies in Coca-Cola Bottlers, Denmark and Danisco Paper. The aim of the project is to identify the contingencies that influence the organization of experimentation in firms.