A Coevolutionary Analysis of Organisational Systems and Processes: Quantitative applications to information system dynamics for small entrepreneurial firms in Scotland

Gavin Reid and Julia Smith

No 402, CRIEFF Discussion Papers from Centre for Research into Industry, Enterprise, Finance and the Firm

Abstract: We present a quantitative, dynamic analysis of coevolution in the new firm. Organisation is treated as a process, rather than a state, involving the simultaneous evolution of interacting systems within, and between, small firms and their environment. Our quantitative analysis uses primary-source, timeelapsed data, obtained by face-to-face interviews with entrepreneurs. We found a link between performance and micro-evolutionary experience. High performers were more innovative, more radical ‘change makers’, more willing to ‘wait and see’, and more willing to use ‘soft’ technologies than low performers.

Keywords: Coevolution; accounting information system (AIS); small firms; performance; organisational form; innovation; ‘soft’ technology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D21 D8 D92 M21 M41 O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004-02
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