The adoption and diffusion of organizational innovation
Subtitle: evidence for the U.S. economy
By: Lisa M. Lynch.
Contributors: National Bureau of Economic Research.
Series: NBER working paper series -- no. 13156.; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research) -- working paper no. 13156.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 53
Subjects: Organizational change -- United States -- Management
Description: "Using a unique longitudinal representative survey of both manufacturing and non-manufacturing businesses in the United States during the 1990's, I examine the incidence and intensity of organizational innovation and the factors associated with investments in organizational innovation. Past profits tend to be positively associated with organizational innovation. Employers with a more external focus and broader networks to learn about best practices (as proxied by exports, benchmarking, and being part of a multi-establishment firm) are more likely to invest in organizational innovation. Investments in human capital, information technology, R&D, and physical capital appear to be complementary with investments in organizational innovation. In addition, non-unionized manufacturing plants are more likely to have invested more broadly and intensely in organizational innovation."--abstract.
Notes: "June 2007"

Includes bibliographical references (p. 34-36).

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