The Adoption and Diffusion of Organizational Innovation: Evidence for the U.S. Economy

Lisa Lynch

Working Papers from U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies

Abstract: Using a unique longitudinal representative survey of both manufacturing and nonmanufacturing 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, nonunionized manufacturing plants are more likely to have invested more broadly and intensely in organizational innovation.

Keywords: organizational innovation; productivity; human capital; technological change (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D2 J24 M5 O3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 53 pages
Date: 2007-06
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-bec, nep-ino and nep-tid
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Working Paper: The Adoption and Diffusion of Organizational Innovation: Evidence for the U.S. Economy (2007)
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