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The Extroverted Firm: How External Information Practices Affect Innovation and Productivity

Tambe, Prasanna; Hitt, Lorin M.; Brynjolfsson, Erik - In: Management Science 58 (2012) 5, pp. 843-859

environment--increases returns to IT, especially when combined with decentralized decision making. First, using survey …

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Three-Way Complementarities: Performance Pay, Human Resource Analytics, and Information Technology

Aral, Sinan; Brynjolfsson, Erik; Wu, Lynn - In: Management Science 58 (2012) 5, pp. 913-931

model by combining fine-grained data on human capital management (HCM) software adoption over 11 years with detailed survey … data on incentive systems and HR analytics practices for 189 firms. We find that the adoption of HCM software is greatest … in firms that have also adopted performance pay and HR analytics practices. Furthermore, HCM adoption is associated with …

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Paradox Lost? Firm-Level Evidence on the Returns to Information Systems Spending

Brynjolfsson, Erik; Hitt, Lorin - In: Management Science 42 (1996) 4, pp. 541-558

The "productivity paradox" of information systems (IS) is that, despite enormous improvements in the underlying technology, the benefits of IS spending have not been found in aggregate output statistics. One explanation is that IS spending may lead to increases in product quality or variety...

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Information Assets, Technology and Organization

Brynjolfsson, Erik - In: Management Science 40 (1994) 12, pp. 1645-1662

Although there is good reason to expect that the growth of information work and information technology will significantly affect the trade-offs inherent in different structures for organizing work, the theoretical basis for these changes remains poorly understood. This paper seeks to address...

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Wired for Innovation: How Information Technology Is Reshaping the Economy

Brynjolfsson, Erik - The MIT Press

A wave of business innovation is driving the productivity resurgence in the U.S. economy. In Wired for Innovation, Erik Brynjolfsson and Adam Saunders describe how information technology directly or indirectly created this productivity explosion, reversing decades of slow growth. They argue that...

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Wired for Innovation: How Information Technology Is Reshaping the Economy

Brynjolfsson, Erik - The MIT Press

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Does Information Technology Lead to Smaller Firms?

Brynjolfsson, Erik; Malone, Thomas W.; Gurbaxani, Vijay; … - In: Management Science 40 (1994) 12, pp. 1628-1644

Many changes in the organization of work in the United States since 1975 have been attributed to the increased capabilities and use of information technology (IT) in business. However, few studies have attempted to empirically examine these relationships. The primary goal of this paper is to...

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Understanding the Digital Economy: Data, Tools, and Research

Brynjolfsson, Erik (contributor); Kahin, Brian (contributor) - The MIT Press

The rapid growth of electronic commerce, along with changes in information, computing, and communications, is having a profound effect on the United States economy. President Clinton recently directed the National Economic Council, in consultation with executive branch agencies, to analyze the...

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Network Externalities in Microcomputer Software: An Econometric Analysis of the Spreadsheet Market

Brynjolfsson, Erik; Kemerer, Chris F. - In: Management Science 42 (1996) 12, pp. 1627-1647

Because of network externalities, the success of a software product may depend in part on stalled base and its conformance to industry standards. This research builds a hedonic model to determine the effects of network externalities, standards, intrinsic features and a time trend on...

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Wired for Innovation: How Information Technology is Reshaping the Economy

Brynjolfsson, Erik; Saunders, Adam - The MIT Press

Starting in 1995, productivity growth took off in the U.S. economy. In Wired for Innovation, Erik Brynjolfsson and Adam Saunders describe how information technology directly or indirectly created the lion's share of this productivity surge, reversing decades of slow growth. They argue that the...

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