Computer and Internet use, especially in developing countries, has expanded rapidly in recent years. Even in light of … this expansion in technology adoption rates, penetration rates differ markedly between developed and developing countries … Internet penetration, both currently and over time, we examine panel data for 161 countries over the 1999-2004 period. We …

We refine modelling of the radical innovation decision in this paper by extending real option theory to include non … stochastic shocks imply that investment in radical innovation may very often be too time consuming and/or expensive to remain …

productivity and composition of teams. Strengthening incentives, either through rankings or tournaments, makes workers more likely … to form teams with others of similar ability instead of with their friends. Introducing rank incentives however reduces … incentives only reduce the productivity of teams at the bottom of the productivity distribution, and monetary prize tournaments …

conflicting forces into account. The comparative statics results suggest a link between the increased use of teams and recent …

greater attention to product details, we find that membership in offline teams: (i) initially enhances individual productivity …, typically at 10 to 16% per 100 days in a team; (iv) while initially teams lead to more downtime, these costs diminish over time …

by Japanese firms (such as cross-functional offline teams and self-managed online teams). One novel finding (which is … consistent with the theory) is that the adoption of both self-managed online teams and cross-functional offline teams usually … arises in firms with shop-floor committees while the introduction of cross-functional offline teams alone often takes place …

This paper discusses the strategic role of mismatching, where players voluntarily form inefficient teams or forego the … formation of efficient teams, respectively. Strategic mismatching can be rational when players realize a competitive advantage …