Organizations develop new capabilities through "learning by doing". As firms accumulate more experience with production, their productivity increases at a decreasing rate. However, prior work has not examined how speed in experience accumulation (as opposed to the volume of accumulated experience) impacts the organizations' learning curve. We analyze this question using data from fertility clinics in the UK. We show that faster experience accumulation is associated with lower birth rates. We also show that the impact of time compression is exacerbated for clinics that mainly treat complex cases and is mitigated for clinics that employ an integrator to coordinate across the different specialist functions involved in the treatment process. Ou...
A very practical consequence of organizational learning is that the time required to produce a unit ...
We examine the potential for improved performance through experiential learning of three modes of ne...
The authors investigate whether the level of employee experience is good or bad for innovation and ...
RESEARCH SUMMARY: That capability development is subject to time compression diseconomies (TCD) is...
We analyze longitudinal data on British fertility clinics to examine the impact of “selection at the...
This study estimates the relationship between cumulative past NPD experience and cycle time reductio...
Learning curves have been studied for a long time. These studies provided strong support to the hypo...
Prior studies examining factors that influence the learning curve mainly focus on settings in which ...
The expansive learning curve literature in operations management has established how various facets...
When solving ongoing operational problems, organizations must balance the costs of complexity while ...
Scenario planning is a strategy tool which is often deemed to be too expensive and too time intensiv...
We examine how experience-induced adaptations that affect the breadth of an ongoing activity affect ...
Abstract (98 words) Most tasks get faster with practice. This holds across task size and task type. ...
How do formal time allocations in teams affect team learning trajectories and performance? We argue ...
Rapid product lifecycles and high development costs pressure manufacturing firms to cut not only the...
A very practical consequence of organizational learning is that the time required to produce a unit ...
We examine the potential for improved performance through experiential learning of three modes of ne...
The authors investigate whether the level of employee experience is good or bad for innovation and ...
RESEARCH SUMMARY: That capability development is subject to time compression diseconomies (TCD) is...
We analyze longitudinal data on British fertility clinics to examine the impact of “selection at the...
This study estimates the relationship between cumulative past NPD experience and cycle time reductio...
Learning curves have been studied for a long time. These studies provided strong support to the hypo...
Prior studies examining factors that influence the learning curve mainly focus on settings in which ...
The expansive learning curve literature in operations management has established how various facets...
When solving ongoing operational problems, organizations must balance the costs of complexity while ...
Scenario planning is a strategy tool which is often deemed to be too expensive and too time intensiv...
We examine how experience-induced adaptations that affect the breadth of an ongoing activity affect ...
Abstract (98 words) Most tasks get faster with practice. This holds across task size and task type. ...
How do formal time allocations in teams affect team learning trajectories and performance? We argue ...
Rapid product lifecycles and high development costs pressure manufacturing firms to cut not only the...
A very practical consequence of organizational learning is that the time required to produce a unit ...
We examine the potential for improved performance through experiential learning of three modes of ne...
The authors investigate whether the level of employee experience is good or bad for innovation and ...