Enterprise Systems and Labor Productivity: Disentangling Combination Effects

Engelstätter, Benjamin

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“…Omitting these factors could artificially inflate the estimated effects of sector-level digital adoption rates. To control for this possibility, we extend the model with two additional control variables: (i) the OECD indicator of the impact of upstream anticompetitive regulations in each sector (Conway and Nicoletti, 2006[59]; Égert and Wanner, 2016 [60]), and (ii) a new indicator of sectoral occupational shortages recently published in the OECD Skills for Jobs Database (2018 [57] regulatory burdens and lack of skills have the expected negative association with productivity performance, 18 the finding that higher digital adoption rates are associated with higher MFP growth remains largely unaffected when we account for the direct influence of these variables (Annex Table B.4, Panel C).…”

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Digitalisation and productivity: In search of the holy grail – Firm-level empirical evidence from EU countries

Gal¹,

Nicoletti²,

Renault³

et al. 2019

OECD Economics Department Working Papers

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This paper is a contribution to the OECD Going Digital project, which aims to provide policymakers with the tools they need to help their economies and societies prosper in an increasingly digital and data-driven world. For more information, visit www.oecd.org/goingdigital. #GoingDigital All Economics Department Working Papers are available at www.oecd/eco/workingpapers. JT03442722 This document, as well as any data and map included herein, are without prejudice to the status of or sovereignty over any territory, to the delimitation of international frontiers and boundaries and to the name of any territory, city or area. 2 │ ECO/WKP(2019)2 DIGITALISATION AND PRODUCTIVITY: IN SEARCH OF THE HOLY GRAIL-FIRM-LEVEL EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM EUROPEAN COUNTRIES Unclassified OECD Working Papers should not be reported as representing the official views of the OECD or of its member countries. The opinions expressed and arguments employed are those of the author(s). Working Papers describe preliminary results or research in progress by the author(s) and are published to stimulate discussion on a broad range of issues on which the OECD works.

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Digitalisation and productivity: In search of the holy grail – Firm-level empirical evidence from EU countries

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Renault³

et al. 2019

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“…With data from Korean SMEs, SCM use is significantly and positively associated with total factor productivity (TFP), while ERP and CRM are not (Shin (2006)). German firms benefitted most from the systems when they had adopted all three systems, ERP, SCM and CRM, together (Engelstätter (2013)). …”

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Combining Technology and Work Organization: An Analysis of Complementarity between IT and Decentralization across Firms of Different Size

Rasel

2014

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Die Dis cus si on Pape rs die nen einer mög lichst schnel len Ver brei tung von neue ren For schungs arbei ten des ZEW. Die Bei trä ge lie gen in allei ni ger Ver ant wor tung der Auto ren und stel len nicht not wen di ger wei se die Mei nung des ZEW dar.Dis cus si on Papers are inten ded to make results of ZEW research prompt ly avai la ble to other eco no mists in order to encou ra ge dis cus si on and sug gesti ons for revi si ons. The aut hors are sole ly respon si ble for the con tents which do not neces sa ri ly repre sent the opi ni on of the ZEW. Combining Technology and Work Organization: An Analysis of Complementarity between IT and Decentralization across Firms of Different SizeFabienne Rasel * September 2014Abstract This paper examines whether information technology (IT) and decentralized work organization are complementary only for large firms or also for smaller firms.Empirical evidence, which suggests complementarity between IT and decentralization, is mainly based on large firms. Using data from a sample of 3292 SMEs and of 598 larger firms from the manufacturing and service sector in Germany, I can observe firms' IT intensity in terms of enterprise software and computer use and whether firms have a decentralized work organization. I find that SMEs with decentralized work practices tend to use IT more intensively. Moreover, for the sample of SMEs, IT and decentralized work organization are individually associated with higher productivity but the combination of IT and decentralization does not yield a productivity premium. Contrarily, for the sample of larger firms, the results show that the productivity of IT depends positively on decentralization. The findings suggest that combining IT and decentralized work organization seems to be a successful strategy only for larger firms.

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“…Although it is argued that enterprise systems increase firm performance, e. g. [1,11,19], their impact on innovational performance is at the moment only suspected. Empirical evidence concerning a relationship between enterprise systems and innovational performance is still missing at present.…”

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“…Although there is no suspicion, no case study evidence and neither a theoretical argument that a complementarity relationship among the enterprise systems, as shown for their impact on labor productivity in [11], could foster the innovational impact of enterprise systems, an effect based on potential complementarity cannot be ruled out completely. However, as the current analysis forms a starting point concerning the relationship between innovational performance and enterprise systems, revealing any complementarity aspects was no aim of this study and is accordingly passed on to future research.…”

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Enterprise Systems and Innovations

Engelstätter

2009

SSRN Journal

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Die Dis cus si on Pape rs die nen einer mög lichst schnel len Ver brei tung von neue ren For schungs arbei ten des ZEW. Die Bei trä ge lie gen in allei ni ger Ver ant wor tung der Auto ren und stel len nicht not wen di ger wei se die Mei nung des ZEW dar.Dis cus si on Papers are inten ded to make results of ZEW research prompt ly avai la ble to other eco no mists in order to encou ra ge dis cus si on and sug gesti ons for revi si ons. The aut hors are sole ly respon si ble for the con tents which do not neces sa ri ly repre sent the opi ni on of the ZEW.Download this ZEW Discussion Paper from our ftp server:ftp://ftp.zew.de/pub/zew-docs/dp/dp09086.pdf This paper studies the relationship between enterprise systems and firms' innovational performance. Non-technical summaryThe analysis is based on a knowledge production function and employs a two step estimation procedure which takes into account the bias due to potential self selection during the firms' decision to innovate. The basis of the analysis builds a German enterprise data set, containing enterprises of different industry branches from the manufacturing and service sector.The results are twofold. On the one hand, adoption of ERP and SCM systems increases the propensity to realize process innovations. In addition, ERP system usage positively affects the number of realized process innovations. These impacts are not only short-term based, in fact they remain stable during two to four years. On the other hand, only CRM influences firms' product innovational performance as it increases the propensity to acquire product innovations, although this positive effect is only short-term based. Das Wichtigste in Kürze

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Enterprise Systems and Labor Productivity: Disentangling Combination Effects

Cited by 7 publications

References 45 publications

Digitalisation and productivity: In search of the holy grail – Firm-level empirical evidence from EU countries

Digitalisation and productivity: In search of the holy grail – Firm-level empirical evidence from EU countries

Combining Technology and Work Organization: An Analysis of Complementarity between IT and Decentralization across Firms of Different Size

Enterprise Systems and Innovations

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