%0 Report
        %A Lynch, Lisa M.
        %T The Adoption and Diffusion of Organizational Innovation: Evidence for the U.S. Economy
        %D 2007
        %8 2007 May
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 2819
        %U https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp2819
        %X 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.
        %K human capital
%K productivity
%K organizational innovation
%K technological change