Although relative performance feedback can positively influence employee performance, its effect tends to be mixed for employees who underperform compared to their peers. We conducted a field experiment testing whether basing relative performance feedback on inputs, which is relative performance...

One of the most salient and relevant dimensions of team heterogeneity is ethnicity. We measure the impact of ethnic diversity on the performance of business teams using a field experiment. We follow 550 students who set up 45 real companies as part of their curriculum in an international...

We use a field experiment in professional sports to compare effects of providing absolute, relative, or both absolute and relative measures in performance reports for employees. Although studies have documented that the provision of these types of measures can benefit performance, theory from...

The authors study the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on business performance with special reference to small business owners at nagaon district, assam. By this the author is trying to know the current situation of small business owners during the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper will help to figure...

One of the most salient and relevant dimensions of team heterogeneity is ethnicity. We measure the causal impact of ethnic diversity on the performance of business teams using a randomized field experiment. We follow 550 students who set up 45 real companies as part of their curriculum in an...

In many natural environments, carefully chosen peers influence individual behavior. In this paper, we examine how self-selected peers affect performance in contrast to randomly assigned ones. We conduct a field experiment in physical education classes at secondary schools. Students participate...

Many studies have shown that female-owned micro-enterprises are less profitable and have lower returns to capital than their male-owned counterparts. In this paper, we investigate two possible drivers for the gender gap in business performance: 1) buyers are less likely to buy from women-owned...

This paper explores whether the poor performance of many micro-enterprises can be explained by a lack of basic business skills. We randomized the offer of a free, 48-hour business skills course to female entrepreneurs in rural Mexico. We find that those assigned to treatment earn higher profits,...

What is the effect of dispersed levels of cognitive ability of members of a (business) team on their teamś performance? This paper reports the results of a field experiment in which 573 students in 49 teams start up and manage real companies under identical circumstances. We ensured exogenous...