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The Information Organization: On Changes in Information Technology and Organizational Design

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  • Michael Gibbs
  • Wim A. Van der Stede

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andIn this monograph, we adopt the perspective of organizations as processors of knowledge that collect, create, combine and/or analyze data through information technology (IT) to locate and coordinate decisions, improve performance evaluations, and enhance interest alignment. We distinguish between information communication and information processing technologies. Pivotal to our framework is whether IT improves coordination or improves incentives, and thereby the extent of (de)centralization. We document that evidence on IT’s effect on (de)centralization is ambiguous, but reconcile how advanced IT may improve decisions lower agency costs. Complementarities thus feature strongly in our rendering of IT’s effects on organizational design. We end with some suggestions, such as the need to consider the lifecycle of IT effects, acknowledging the slow and complex, though pervasive, nature of technology adoption in organizations.

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  • Michael Gibbs & Wim A. Van der Stede, 2025. "The Information Organization: On Changes in Information Technology and Organizational Design," Foundations and Trends(R) in Accounting, now publishers, vol. 19(2), pages 116-223, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:now:fntacc:1400000065
    DOI: 10.1561/1400000065
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