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The Performance Effects of IT-Enabled Knowledge Management Practices
Cappelli, Peter - 2010
The extensive literature on knowledge management spans several fields, but there are remarkably few studies that address the basic question as to whether knowledge management practices improve organizational performance. I examine that question using a national probability sample of...
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Organization and Inequality in a Knowledge Economy
Garicano, Luis - 2005
We present a theory of the organization of work in an economy where knowledge is an essential input in production: a knowledge economy. In this economy a continuum of agents with heterogeneous skills must choose how much knowledge to acquire and may produce on their own or in organizations. Our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012467222
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Who Lives in the C-Suite? Organizational Structure and the Division of Labor in Top Management
Guadalupe, Maria - 2012
This paper shows that top management structures in large US firms radically changed since the mid-1980s. While the number of managers reporting directly to the CEO doubled, the growth was driven primarily by functional managers rather than general managers. Using panel data on senior management...
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Prediction, Judgment and Complexity : A Theory of Decision Making and Artificial Intelligence
Agrawal, Ajay K. - 2018
. In this paper, we explore the consequences of improved prediction in decision-making. To do so, we adapt existing models … of decision-making under uncertainty to account for the process of determining payoffs. We label this process of … on whether the improvements in prediction enable automated decision-making. We discuss the implications of improved …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012453471
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Information Technology and Patient Health : Analyzing Outcomes, Populations, and Mechanisms
Freedman, Seth - 2015
safety indicators (PSIs). We find evidence of a positive impact of EMRs on PSIs via decision support rather than care … coordination. Consistent with this mechanism, we find an EMR with decision support is more effective at reducing PSIs for less …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012457279
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Information Production and Capital Allocation : Decentralized vs. Hierarchical Firms
Stein, Jeremy C. - 2000
This paper assesses different organizational forms in terms of their ability to generate information about investment projects and allocate capital to these projects efficiently. A decentralized approach with small, single-manager firms is most likely to be attractive when information about...
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The Investment Strategies of Sovereign Wealth Funds
Bernstein, Shai - 2009
This paper examines the direct private equity investment strategies across sovereign wealth funds and their relationship to the funds' organizational structures. SWFs seem to engage in a form of trend chasing, since they are more likely to invest at home when domestic equity prices are higher,...
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Post-Merger Restructuring and the Boundaries of the Firm
Maksimovic, Vojislav - 2008
Mergers and acquisitions are a fast way for a firm to grow. Using plant-level data, we examine how firms redraw their boundaries after acquisitions. We find that there is a large amount of restructuring in a short period following mergers. Acquirers sell 27% and close 19% of acquired plants...
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Organizational Fragmentation and Care Quality in the U.S. Health Care System
Cebul, Randall D. - 2008
Many goods and services can be readily provided through a series of unconnected transactions, but in health care close coordination over time and within care episodes improves both health outcomes and efficiency. Close coordination is problematic in the US health care system because the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012464435
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The Return to Knowledge Hierarchies
Garicano, Luis - 2007
Hierarchies allow individuals to leverage their knowledge through others' time. This mechanism increases productivity and amplifies the impact of skill heterogeneity on earnings inequality. To quantify this effect, we analyze the earnings and organization of U.S. lawyers and use the equilibrium...
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