TY  - JOUR
AU  - Lynch,Lisa M.
TI  - The Adoption and Diffusion of Organizational Innovation: Evidence for the U.S. Economy
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 13156
PY  - 2007
Y2  - June 2007
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w13156
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w13156.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Lisa M. Lynch
The Heller School for Social Policy and Management
Brandeis University
Waltham, MA 02454
Tel: 781-736-8683
Fax: 781-736-3852
E-Mail: lisalynch@brandeis.edu
AB  - Using a unique longitudinal representative survey of both manufacturing and non-manufacturing businesses in the United States during the 1990's, I examine the incidence and intensity of organizational innovation and the factors associated with investments in organizational innovation.  Past profits tend to be positively associated with organizational innovation.  Employers with a more external focus and broader networks to learn about best practices (as proxied by exports, benchmarking, and being part of a multi-establishment firm) are more likely to invest in organizational innovation. Investments in human capital, information technology, R&D, and physical capital appear to be complementary with investments in organizational innovation.  In addition, non-unionized manufacturing plants are more likely to have invested more broadly and intensely in organizational innovation.
ER  -