Organizational redesign, information technologies and workplace productivity

Benoit Dostie and Rajshri Jayaraman
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Rajshri Jayaraman: ESMT European School of Management and Technology

No ESMT-08-007, ESMT Research Working Papers from ESMT European School of Management and Technology

Abstract: Using a large longitudinal, nationally representative workplace-level dataset, we explore the productivity gains associated with computer use and organizational redesign. The empirical strategy involves the estimation of a production function, augmented to account for technology use and organizational design, correcting for unobserved heterogeneity. We find large returns associated with computer use. We also find that computer use and organizational redesign may be complements or substitutes in production, and that the productivity gains associated with organizational redesign are industry-specific.

Keywords: organizational capital; IT; computers; workplace productivity; matched employer-employee data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D20 L20 M54 O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 48 pages
Date: 2008-10-06
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Published in B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy 12(1): 1–39.

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Journal Article: Organizational Redesign, Information Technologies and Workplace Productivity (2012)
Working Paper: Organizational Redesign, Information Technologies and Workplace Productivity (2008)
Working Paper: Organizational Redesign, Information Technologies and Workplace Productivity (2008)
Working Paper: Organizational Redesign, Information Technologies and Workplace Productivity (2008)
Working Paper: Organizational Redesign, Information Technologies and Workplace Productivity (2008)
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