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Management practices, workforce selection, and productivity
Bender, Stefan; Bloom, Nicholas; Card, David E.; Van … - 2016
Korrelation durch das höhere Humankapital eines "Durchschnittsbeschäftigten" in besser gemanagten Firmen erklärt. Einen größeren … Anteil (ungefähr 13%) macht das Humankapital der höchstbezahlten Beschäftigten aus, die wir als Manager in der betreffenden … mit höherem Humankapital rekrutieren und diese binden. Insgesamt erklären Personalauswahl und Lohnaufschläge somit fast 30 …
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Management as a technology?
Bloom, Nicholas; Sadun, Raffaella; Van Reenen, John - 2016
Are some management practices akin to a technology that can explain company and national productivity, or do they simply reflect contingent management styles? We collect data on core management practices from over 11,000 firms in 34 countries. We find large cross-country differences in the...
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Does management matter in schools?
Bloom, Nicholas; Lemos, Renata; Sadun, Raffaella; Van … - 2014
We collect data on operations, targets and human resources management practices in over 1,800 schools educating 15-year-olds in eight countries. Overall, we show that higher management quality is strongly associated with better educational outcomes. The UK, Sweden, Canada and the US obtain the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010434591
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Does Management Matter in Schools?
Bloom, Nicholas - 2014
We collect data on operations, targets and human resources management practices in over 1,800 schools educating 15-year-olds in eight countries. Overall, we show that higher management quality is strongly associated with better educational outcomes. The UK, Sweden, Canada and the US obtain the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013043700
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Why do Firms in Developing Countries Have Low Productivity?
Bloom, Nicholas - 2014
The productivity of firms in developing countries appears to be extremely low. Prior work, such as that summarized in James Tybout (2000) and World Bank (2004), has highlighted a set of issues around infrastructure, informality, regulations, trade policies, and human capital that reduce the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013070405
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Innovation, Reallocation and Growth
Acemoglu, Daron - 2017
We build a model of firm-level innovation, productivity growth and reallocation featuring endogenous entry and exit. A new and central economic force is the selection between high- and low-type firms, which differ in terms of their innovative capacity. We estimate the parameters of the model...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012974477
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Innovation, Reallocation and Growth
Acemoglu, Daron - 2015
We build a model of firm-level innovation, productivity growth and reallocation featuring endogenous entry and exit. A key feature is the selection between high- and low-type firms, which differ in terms of their innovative capacity. We estimate the parameters of the model using detailed US...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013035706
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Innovation, Reallocation, and Growth
Acemoglu, Daron - 2019
We build a model of firm-level innovation, productivity growth and reallocation featuring endogenous entry and exit. A new and central economic force is the selection between highand low-type firms, which differ in terms of their innovative capacity. We estimate the parameters of the model using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012900520
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Innovation, Reallocation and Growth
Acemoglu, Daron - 2013
We build a model of firm-level innovation, productivity growth and reallocation featuring endogenous entry and exit. A key feature is the selection between high- and low-type firms, which differ in terms of their innovative capacity. We estimate the parameters of the model using detailed US...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013083293
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Innovation, Reallocation and Growth
Acemoglu, Daron - 2014
We build a model of firm-level innovation, productivity growth and reallocation featuring endogenous entry and exit. A key feature is the selection between high- and low-type firms, which differ in terms of their innovative capacity. We estimate the parameters of the model using detailed US...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013062735