We examine the impact of management practices on firm performance among SMEs in Britain over the period 2011 …-2014, using a unique dataset which links survey data on management practices with firm performance data from the UK's official … business register. We find that SMEs are less likely to use formal management practices than larger firms, but that such …

management as a technology approach for all EU nations in a framework that explicitly recognizes worker representation while … establishments with better management practices and that, controlling for management practices and worker representation, the …, the evidence suggests that the selected management practices are likely to be favorable to performance in plants with and …

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 highest management scores closely followed by Germany, with a gap to …

This paper shows that top management structures in large US firms radically changed since the mid-1980s. While the … general managers. Using panel data on senior management positions, we explore the relationship between changes in executive …

delegation to workers by management. As such, our evidence lends support to those who advocate the use of HIWPs for those firms …