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Information Technology, Organizational Form, and Transition to the Market

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  • John S. Earle

    (W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research and Central European University)

  • Ugo Pagano

    (Central European University)

  • Maria Lesi

    (Central European University)

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The paper reviews theories of information technology adoption and organizational form and applies them to an empirical analysis of firm choices and characteristics in four transition economies: the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, and Slovakia. We argue that these economies have gone through two major structural changes-one concerning new technology and another concerning ownership and boundaries of firms-and we consider if and how each one of the two structural changes has affected the other. We test the impact of firm size, integration, and ownership on the extent of new information technology adoption (measured by growth in the fraction of employees using personal computers or computer-controlled machinery), and the impact of information technology on changes in the boundaries and the ownership structure of enterprises, drawing upon a sample survey of 330 firms.

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  • John S. Earle & Ugo Pagano & Maria Lesi, 2002. "Information Technology, Organizational Form, and Transition to the Market," Upjohn Working Papers 02-82, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.
    • Handle: RePEc:upj:weupjo:02-82
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    Keywords

    transition; economy; Earle; technology; organizational; form; Pagano; Lesi; Upjohn;
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    JEL classification:

    • P1 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies
    • P5 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Comparative Economic Systems
    • L2 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior
    • O3 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights

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