The Effect of Adversity on Process Innovations and Managerial Incentives

Benoit Dostie and Rajshri Jayaraman

No 09-06, Cahiers de recherche from HEC Montréal, Institut d'économie appliquée

Abstract: This paper asks whether adversity spurs the introduction of process innovations and increases the use of managerial incentives by firms. Using a large panel data set of workplaces in Canada, our identification strategy relies on exogenous variation in adversity arising from increased border security along the 49th parallel following 9/11. Our longitudinal difference-in-differences estimates indicate that firms responded to adversity by introducing new or improved processes, but did not change their use of managerial incentives. These results suggest that the threat of bankruptcy may provide impetus for improving efficiency.

JEL-codes: J33 L20 M52 O31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 45 pages
Date: 2009-09
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