Can small and medium enterprises benefit from skill-biased technological change?

被引:12
作者
Sandulli, Francesco D. [1 ]
Baker, Paul M. A. [2 ]
Lopez-Sanchez, Jose I. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Complutense Madrid, Fac Ciencias Econ & Empresariales, Dept Org Empresas, Madrid 28223, Spain
[2] Georgia Inst Technol, Ctr 21st Century Univ C21U, Atlanta, GA 30332 USA
关键词
Organizational innovation; SME; Skill-biased technological change; Information technology; Productivity; INFORMATION-TECHNOLOGY; ORGANIZATIONAL-CHANGE; PRODUCTIVITY; MANAGEMENT; WORKPLACE; LABOR; PERFORMANCE; INEQUALITY; INNOVATION; INTUITION;
D O I
10.1016/j.jbusres.2013.02.021
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
This research addresses the contribution that technical skills and cognitive abilities make toward technological efficiency in small and medium enterprises. While most of the literature on skill-biased technological change focuses on large corporations, this exploratory research tries to close the gap in the literature and addresses the impact of technical training, age, and educational level of the workforce on the fit between technological change and organizational innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises. The results suggest that the impact of the workforce structure on efficiency is a function of the level of technological change. (C) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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页码:1976 / 1982
页数:7
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