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| Title: | The two sides of the coin : learning and inertia among Italian automobile producers, 1896-1981 |
| Authors: | Kim, Tai-Young
Dobrev, Stanislav D.
Solari, Luca |
| Keywords: | Organizational learning
Inertia
Automobile industry
Italy |
| Issue Date: | May-2001 |
| Abstract: | Based on the premise that organizational learning and structural inertia are both rooted in prior organizational experiences, this paper examines under what conditions adaptation or selection will take place. We find that implementing a core change generates negative repercussions for survival but this effect can be countered by leveraging relevant core competencies. But we also argue that which of the two outcomes occurs is generally beyond the control of the organization. Instead, environmental transformations render what firms have learned relevant or obsolete, thereby facilitating learning-based adaptation or inertia-based selection. The direction in which organizational learning evolves is a combined function of organizational demographics and the structure of the competitive environment. We propose relevant hypotheses and test them in the analysis of data from the Italian Automobile Industry, 1896-1981. We report results of hazard rate models of failure and position change and discuss general implications. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1783.1/674 |
| Appears in Collections: | MGMT Working Papers
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