The Diffusion of Complementary Technologies: An Empirical Test

Astebro, Thomas B.; Colombo, Massimo G.; Seri, Raffaello

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“…Programs such as the Industrial Research Assistance Program in Canada, Technology Partnerships Canada, Canada Foundation for Innovation and Pre-Competitive Advanced Research Networks (Canada) subscribe to this point of view (Cozzarin, 2006(Cozzarin, , 2008. Alcorta (1994) and Astebro et al (2005) found that the AMT they analyzed were complementary. In their analysis of EDI and ERP technologies, Bocquet et al (2007) and Small and Chen (1995) found that industry had a significant impact on the identified complementarities.…”

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“…Technology adoption/diffusion research focuses on exogenous factors affecting implementation. Bocquet, Brossard and Sabatier (2007) and Hollenstein (2004) are examples of this stream of research applied to information and communication technologies and Astebro et al (2005) and Battisti et al (2004) investigate CAD/CAM. There has also been some research using a diffusion approach to the organizational and environmental factor impacting electronic data interchange (EDI) implementations (Chau and Hui, 2001;Chau and Tam, 2000;Premkumar, Ramamurthy and Nilakanta, 1994).…”

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Complementarities in the implementation of advanced manufacturing technologies

Percival

Cozzarin

2010

The Journal of High Technology Management Research

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The purpose of this analysis is to use complementarity analysis to explain why some implementations of advanced manufacturing technology (AMT) provide a high return on investment while others do not. By analysing the engineering environment, as well as the technology used in the manufacturing process, we hope to provide further insight into the necessary environmental conditions for high returns on investments in AMT. This paper aims to advance current understanding of the impact of organizational fit through complementarity analysis of 26 AMT and 12 engineering management practices. The results reveal that analysis on the dependencies of implementation of AMT must be conducted at the industry and plant size levels, otherwise the environmental differences may lead to inconclusive or misleading results for the majority of senior managers engaging in strategic AMT investment decision making.

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Section: Amt and Engineering Management Practice Complementaritiesmentioning

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Complementarities in the implementation of advanced manufacturing technologies

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Cozzarin

2010

The Journal of High Technology Management Research

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“…3 3 Examples of the first approach are Arora and Gambardella (1990), Novak and Stern (2003), Miravete and Pernías (2005), and Åstebro, Colombo, and Seri (2005). Ichniowski, Shaw, and Prennushi (1997), MacDuffie (1995), and Helper (1997) are examples of the second approach. …”

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“…5 5 Åstebro et al (2005) use a similar approach to distinguish between complementarities and what they call strong one‐step‐ahead non‐causality or strong simultaneous independence. …”

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Complementarities in automobile production

Biesebroeck

2007

J of Applied Econometrics

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SUMMARYThe number of different car and light truck models produced in North America has increased enormously over the last decades. The data suggests that producing this increased variety of vehicles is associated with a productivity penalty. We show that manufacturers can adopt complementary activities to reduce this penalty. Flexible technology, defined as the ability to assemble models derived from different 'platforms' on the same assembly line, and bringing previously outsourced activities in-house are two such activities that we identify. Both are costly themselves, in terms of lower productivity, but they reduce the cost of producing greater variety. The results are robust to controlling for the endogeneity of the adoption decisions using activity-specific instruments, as proposed by Athey and Stern

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“…For flexibility seeGal-or (2002) orNorman (2002) and for outsourcing seeGorg (2004).3 Examples of the first approach areArora and Gambardella (1990),Novak and Stern (2003),Miravete and Pernías (2005), andÅstebro, Colombo, andSeri (2005) Ichniowski, Shaw, and Prennushi (1997),MacDuffie (1995),. andHelper (1997) are examples of the second approach.…”

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Complementarities in Automobile Production

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2006

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The Diffusion of Complementary Technologies: An Empirical Test

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Complementarities in the implementation of advanced manufacturing technologies

Complementarities in the implementation of advanced manufacturing technologies

Complementarities in automobile production

Complementarities in Automobile Production

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