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Dynamic incentive effects of team formation : experimental evidence

Gall, Thomas; Hu, Xiaocheng; Vlassopoulos, Michael - 2016

has ignored possible dynamic effects: e.g., anticipating that team formation is based on prior performance will affect … prior performance. We test this hypothesis in a lab experiment with two stages of a real effort task. Participants first … performance. Our results are consistent with a simple investment-cum-matching model: pairing the worst performing individuals with …

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Estimating production functions in differentiated-product industries with quantity information and external instruments

Roux, Nicolás de; Eslava, Marcela; Franco, Santiago; … - 2020

This paper develops a new method for estimating production-function parameters that can be applied in differentiated-product industries with endogenous quality and variety choice. We take advantage of data on physical quantities of outputs and inputs from the Colombian manufacturing survey,...

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Organizational barriers to technology adoption : evidence from soccer-ball producers in Pakistan

Atkin, David J.; Chaudhry, Shahid Amjad; Chaudry, Shamyla; … - 2015

This paper studies technology adoption in a cluster of soccer-ball producers in Sialkot, Pakistan. We invented a new cutting technology that reduces waste of the primary raw material and gave the technology to a random subset of producers. Despite the arguably unambiguous net benefits of the...

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Flexible work systems and the structure of wages : evidence from matched employer-employee data

Bauer, Thomas K.; Bender, Stefan - 2001 - revised: July 2002

A growing literature is concerned with the effects of flexible workplace systems or High Performance Work Organizations …

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Corporate R&D and firm efficiency : evidence from Europe’s top R&D investors

Kumbhakar, Subal; Ortega-Argilés, Raquel; Potters, Lesley - 2009

The main objective of this study is to investigate the impact of corporate R&D activities on firms' performance …

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How do industries and firms respond to changes in local labor supply?

Dustmann, Christian; Glitz, Albrecht - 2011

In this paper, we investigate how changes in the skill mix of local labor supply are absorbed by the economy. We distinguish between three adjustment mechanisms: through factor prices, through an expansion in the size of those production units that use the more abundant skill group more...

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Growing out of the crisis : hidden assets to Greece's transition to an innovation economy

Herrmann, Benedikt; Kritikos, Alexander - 2013

Greece's currently planned institutional reforms will help to get the country going with limited economic growth. With an economy based primarily on tourism, trade, and agriculture, Greece lacks an established competitive industry and an innovation-friendly environment, resulting in a low export...

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Distribution and growth in an economy with limited needs

Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2001

This paper studies a model of the distribution of income under bounded needs. Utility derived from any given good reaches a bliss point at a finite consumption level of that good. On the other hand, introducing new varieties always increases utility. It is assumed that each variety is owned by a...

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Management as a technology?

Bloom, Nicholas; Sadun, Raffaella; Van Reenen, John - 2016

management on firm performance; (ii) a positive relationship between product market competition and average management quality …

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What drives differences in management?

Bloom, Nicholas; Brynjolfsson, Erik; Foster, Lucia; … - 2017

Partnering with the Census we implement a new survey of "structured" management practices in 32,000 US manufacturing plants. We find an enormous dispersion of management practices across plants, with 40% of this variation across plants within the same firm. This management variation accounts for...

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