Creative Destruction and Firm-Specific Performance Heterogeneity

Posted: 26 May 2013 Last revised: 4 Jun 2013

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Hyunbae Chun

Sogang University - Department of Economics

Jung-Wook Kim

Seoul National University - Graduate School of Business

Randall Morck

University of Alberta - Department of Finance and Statistical Analysis; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI); Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research

Bernard Yin Yeung

National University of Singapore - Business School

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Date Written: July 24, 2007

Abstract

Traditional U.S. industries with higher firm-specific stock return and fundamentals performance heterogeneity use information technology (IT) more intensively and post faster productivity growth in the late 20th century. We argue that this mechanically reflects a wave of Schumpeter's creative destruction disrupting a wide swath of industries, with successful IT adopters unpredictably undermining established firms. This validates endogenous growth theory models of creative destruction and suggests intensified creative destruction as explaining findings associating greater firm-specific performance variation with higher per capita GDPs, economy growth rates, accounting standards, financial system development, and property right protection.

Keywords: Creative destruction, Firm-specific variation, Information technology

JEL Classification: G12, G14, N22, O33

Suggested Citation

Chun, Hyunbae and Kim, Jung-Wook and Morck, Randall K. and Yeung, Bernard Yin, Creative Destruction and Firm-Specific Performance Heterogeneity (July 24, 2007). Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Vol. 89, No. 1, 2008, University of Alberta School of Business Research Paper No. 2013-242, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2269941

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Jung-Wook Kim

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