A coevolutionary analysis of organisational systems and processes: Quantitative applications to information system dynamics in small entrepreneurial firms |
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| Authors: | Gavin C Reid Julia A Smith |
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| Institution: | aCentre for Research into Industry, Enterprise, Finance and the Firm (CRIEFF), School of Economics & Finance, University of St. Andrews, St. Salvator's College, St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland KY16 9AL, UK;bStrathclyde Business School, University of Strathclyde, Curran Building, 100 Cathedral Street, Glasgow G4 0LN, UK |
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| Abstract: | 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 performers were 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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| Keywords: | Coevolution Accounting information system (AIS) Small firms Performance Organisational form Innovation ‘ Soft’ technology |
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