Three-way complementarities: Performance pay, human resource analytics, and information technology

Management Science

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 913-931

  Aral, Sinan ^a   Brynjolfsson, Erik ^b   Wu, Lynn ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complementarity; Enterprise systems; ERP; Human resource analytics; Incentive systems; Information technology; Performance pay; Principal agent model; Production function; Productivity

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARITY; ENTERPRISE SYSTEM; INCENTIVE SYSTEMS; PERFORMANCE PAY; PRINCIPAL-AGENT MODEL; PRODUCTION FUNCTION;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING; INDUSTRY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84861375981     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1110.1460     Document Type: Article

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