The extroverted firm: How external information practices affect innovation and productivity

Management Science

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 843-859

  Tambe, Prasanna ^a   Hitt, Lorin M ^b   Brynjolfsson, Erik ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complementarities; External focus; High performance work practices; High tech clusters; Information technology; Organizational practices; Product development; Productivity

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARITIES; DECENTRALIZED DECISION MAKING; ENDOGENEITY; HIGH-TECH CLUSTERS; HIGH-TECHNOLOGY; INFORMATION PRACTICES; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES; IT INVESTMENTS; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE; ORGANIZATIONAL PRACTICES; PRODUCT INNOVATION; WORK PRACTICES; WORKER MOBILITY;

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRY; INVESTMENTS; MANAGEMENT; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PRODUCTIVITY;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84861373077     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1110.1446     Document Type: Article

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