W7171831909 Working papers AI × management and organizations

The Efficiency Trap: Artificial Intelligence, Cost Stickiness, and the Jevons Paradox in European Enterprise

Enrique Garrós-Serés · Basilio Acerete · Miguel Marco

Also recorded as: doi:10.2139/ssrn.7208574 · ssrn:7208574

ssrn abstract page · 2026-07-31

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The abstract studies AI adoption, asymmetric cost behavior, and rebound effects using 50 publicly listed firms in Denmark, Spain, Italy, Poland, and Romania over 2019–2025.

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Scope: universe: described cross-country listed-firm sample; unit: firm; period: 2019-2025; denominator: 50 firms across five countries

The abstract reports preliminary evidence that AI may reduce some organizational rigidity while new digital cost structures may partly offset those effects.

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Scope: abstract-level preliminary result for the described 50-firm sample

At inspection time, the public Organizations & Markets: Formal & Informal Structures all-years search for artificial intelligence displayed this work among 50 postings.

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Scope: universe: filtered O&M Formal & Informal Structures listing; unit: posting; period: all years through 2026-08-20; denominator: 50 displayed postings

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