Are some management practices akin to a technology that can explain company and national productivity, or do they … management on firm performance; (ii) a positive relationship between product market competition and average management quality … (part of which stems from the larger covariance between management with firm size as competition strengthens); and (iii) a …

traditional macro approach to estimating the determinants of total factor productivity (TFP) does not handle them well. To counter … these problems, this paper proposes applying an augmented macro-theoretical model to estimate the determinants of TFP by … jointly considering the effects of R&D and the impact of non-R&D innovation activities on the productivity levels of firms …

business processes around IT capital can thereby boost productivity growth. The aim of this study is to empirically examine how … firm productivity growth is affected by organizational changes and investments in IT using a Difference … total factor productivity growth for firms that invested above median in IT and at the same time undertook organizational …

Productivity (TFP) than incumbents. Increased competition from new entrants leads incumbents to reduce the price of union …. Those with higher TFP have higher survival probabilities. However, increased competition does not induce incumbents to raise …Using panel data for nearly all service providers in a single industry sector, we examine productivity responses to …

the mandate of institutions enforcing competition is critical to raise productivity … competition across 1,800 municipalities and matches it with establishment census panel data to estimate the impact on … establishment productivity and markups. The elimination of local barriers that were inconsistent with national legislation was the …

competition and innovation have a simultaneous positive effect on labour productivity in terms of either sales or value added per …We investigate the drivers of firm level productivity in catching-up economies by jointly estimating its relationship … to innovation and competition using data from the EBRD-WB Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey (BEEPS …

longitudinal earnings records for their employees to study the relationship between productivity, management, worker ability, and … and firm-level productivity in Germany. In our preferred TFP estimates only a small fraction of this correlation is … management practices on productivity in German manufacturing. …

power in global markets. First, competition has declined around the world, measured as a moderate increase in average firm …

explain them. We then describe a theoretical framework of endogenous markups, innovation, and competition that can potentially …