TY - JOUR
T1 - A co-evolutionary analysis of organizational systems and processes quantitative applications to information system dynamics in small entrepreneurial firms
T2 - quantitative applications to information system dynamics in small entrepreneurial firms
AU - Reid, Gavin C
AU - Smith, Julia
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - We present a quantitative, dynamic analysis of coevolution in the new firm. Organisation is treated as a process, rather than a state, involving the simultaneous evolution of interacting systems within, and between, small firms and their environment. Our quantitative analysis uses primary source, time-elapsed data, obtained by face-to-face interviews with entrepreneurs. We found a link between performance and microevolutionary experience. High performerswere more innovative, more radical ‘change makers’, more willing to ‘wait and see’, and more willing to use ‘soft’ technologies than low performers.
AB - We present a quantitative, dynamic analysis of coevolution in the new firm. Organisation is treated as a process, rather than a state, involving the simultaneous evolution of interacting systems within, and between, small firms and their environment. Our quantitative analysis uses primary source, time-elapsed data, obtained by face-to-face interviews with entrepreneurs. We found a link between performance and microevolutionary experience. High performerswere more innovative, more radical ‘change makers’, more willing to ‘wait and see’, and more willing to use ‘soft’ technologies than low performers.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cpa.2008.01.009
DO - 10.1016/j.cpa.2008.01.009
M3 - Article
SN - 1045-2354
VL - 20
SP - 762
EP - 781
JO - Critical Perspectives on Accounting
JF - Critical Perspectives on Accounting
ER -