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New Approaches to Measuring Management and Firm Organization
Van Reenen, John; Bloom, Nicholas - 2014
The last three decades have witnessed an explosion of theoretical work on the organization of firms (Robert Gibbons and John Roberts, 2009). In parallel, there has been a massive increase in access to micro data which has revealed huge dispersions in productivity. For example, within narrow...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014199249
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Management as a Technology?
Bloom, Nicholas - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012988568
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Innovation and institutional ownership
Aghion, Philippe; Van Reenen, John; Zingales, Luigi - 2010
We find that institutional ownership in publicly traded companies is associated with more innovation (measured by cite …, policy changes and disaggregating by type of owner we find that the effect of institutions on innovation does not appear to … be due to endogenous selection. -- Career Concerns ; Innovation ; Institutional Ownership ; Productivity and R&D …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008735730
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Innovation and Institutional Ownership
Aghion, Philippe - 2014
We find that institutional ownership in publicly traded companies is associated with more innovation (measured by cite …, policy changes and disaggregating by type of owner we find that the effect of institutions on innovation does not appear to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013069342
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The new empirical economics of management
Bloom, Nicholas; Lemos, Renata; Sadun, Raffaella; Scur, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
Over the last decade the World Management Survey (WMS) has collected firm-level management practices data across multiple sectors and countries. We developed the survey to try to explain the large and persistent TFP differences across firms and countries. This review paper discusses what has...
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World Management Survey at 18: Lessons and the Way Forward
Scur, Daniela; Sadun, Raffaella; Van Reenen, John; … - 2021
Understanding how differences in management "best practices" affect organizational outcomes has been a focus of both theoretical and empirical work in the fields of management, sociology, economics and public policy. The World Management Survey (WMS) project was born almost two decades ago with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012498047
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World Management Survey at 18: lessons and the way forward
Scur, Daniela; Sadun, Raffaella; Van Reenen, John; … - 2021
Understanding how differences in management "best practices" affect organizational outcomes has been a focus of both theoretical and empirical work in the fields of management, sociology, economics and public policy. The World Management Survey (WMS) project was born almost two decades ago with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012435638
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World Management Survey at 18 : Lessons and the Way Forward
Scur, Daniela; Sadun, Raffaella; Van Reenen, John; … - 2021
Understanding how differences in management "best practices" affect organizational outcomes has been a focus of both theoretical and empirical work in the fields of management, sociology, economics and public policy. The World Management Survey (WMS) project was born almost two decades ago with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013244259
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What are the channels for technology sourcing? : panel data evidence from German companies
Harhoff, Dietmar; Müller, Elisabeth; Van Reenen, John - 2012
Innovation processes within corporations increasingly tap into international technology sources, yet little is known … about the relative contribution of different types of innovation channels. We investigate the effectiveness of different …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010443152
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What are the channels for technology sourcing? : panel data evidence from German companies
Harhoff, Dietmar; Müller, Elisabeth; Van Reenen, John - 2012
Innovation processes within corporations increasingly tap into international technology sources, yet little is known … about the relative contribution of different types of innovation channels. We investigate the effectiveness of different …-how. -- technology sourcing ; knowledge spillovers ; productivity ; open innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009538027