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Organizational structure and R&D efficiency
Author(s) -
Link Albert N.,
Zmud Robert W.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
randd management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.253
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1467-9310
pISSN - 0033-6807
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9310.1986.tb01178.x
Subject(s) - organizational structure , business , measure (data warehouse) , process (computing) , industrial organization , computer science , economics , management , data mining , operating system
This paper compares innovative efficiency as proxied by a measure of R&D efficiency, between firms with organic and mechanistic R&D organizational structures. The results of the study support the hypotheses that organic structures experience greater efficiency in basic research, process‐related R&D and long‐term R&D activities than do mechanistic structures.