Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are known to contribute significantly to aggregate economic growth. However …

We examine the impact of management practices on firm performance among SMEs in Britain over the period 2011 … business register. We find that SMEs are less likely to use formal management practices than larger firms, but that such … returns are most apparent for those SMEs that invest in human resource management practices, such as training and performance …

This paper develops and implements a new benchmarking approach for labor market regions. Based on panel data for …

This chapter presents evidence of the challenges faced by women and underrepresented minorities in Economics. It, first …, examines the demographics of the economics profession, highlighting significant disparities in representation. Despite some …. This chapter underscores the continued need for collective efforts from the economics community to confront these barriers …

This paper contributes to the economics of AI by exploring three topics neglected by economists: (i) the notion of a … in a Dark Forest universe; and (iii) the relevance of economics' Mythical Agent (homo economicus) for the design of value …-aligned AI-systems. From the perspective of expected utility maximization, which both the fields of AI and economics share, these …

economics. Each economist judged five papers in their original version and five different papers that had been language edited …