Organizational Architecture and Success in the Information Technology Industry

This paper studies an organizational architecture that I callinformation-age architecture. I define a measure oforganizational IQ and test whether it is related to financial and market success using data from the fast-moving information technology industry. Higher organizational IQ is associated with higher profitability and growth. This relationship is stronger in business environments that are characterized by faster clockspeeds.

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