TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Lynch, Lisa M.
        TI  - The Adoption and Diffusion of Organizational Innovation: Evidence for the U.S. Economy
        PY  - 2007/May/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 2819
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp2819
        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.
        KW  - human capital
KW  - productivity
KW  - organizational innovation
KW  - technological change
        ER  -