A note on testing for complementarity and substitutability in the case of multiple practices

被引:44
作者
Carree, Martin [1 ]
Lokshin, Boris [1 ]
Belderbos, Rene [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Maastricht Univ, Dept Org & Strategy, Sch Business & Econ, NL-6200 MD Maastricht, Netherlands
[2] Katholieke Univ Leuven, Louvain, Belgium
关键词
Complementarity; Supermodularity; Firm performance; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT-PRACTICES; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INEQUALITY CONSTRAINTS; INNOVATION; IMPACT; PRODUCTIVITY; ORGANIZATION; STRATEGIES; BONFERRONI; MODELS;
D O I
10.1007/s11123-010-0189-8
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
Recent empirical studies of firm-level performance have tested complementarity in the case of multiple practices. These papers have drawn conclusions using potentially biased estimates of pair-wise interaction effects. We develop a consistent and simple testing framework and test it against alternatives.
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页码:263 / 269
页数:7
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