This short piece outlines some of the topics I see as part of the “Grand Challenges” for the social sciences over the next 10-20 years. I have focused on three areas where I see the policy agenda being particularly constrained by the lack of high-quality research

The Management Practices data set covers 732 medium-sized manufacturing firms in the United States, United Kingdom, France, and Germany. The measures of managerial practice are strongly associated with firm-level productivity, profitability, Tobin's Q, and survival rates. Once the download is...

The management practices data set covers 732 medium-sized manufacturing firms in the United States, United Kingdom, France, and Germany. The measures of managerial practice are strongly associated with firm-level productivity, profitability, Tobin's Q, and survival rates

The management practices data set covers 732 medium-sized manufacturing firms in the United States, United Kingdom, France, and Germany. The measures of managerial practice are strongly associated with firm-level productivity, profitability, Tobin's Q, and survival rates. Download the slides at:...

​In partnership with academics from Nottingham and Stanford Universities, the Bank has launched a new monthly survey of senior executives in British businesses - the Decision Maker Panel (DMP) - that will enable better measurement of the impact of uncertainty on business decisions.DMP members...

The Census Bureau recently conducted a survey of management practices in over 30,000 plants across the US, the first large-scale survey of management in America. Analyzing these data reveals several striking results. First, more structured management practices are tightly linked to better...

Four in ten Americans who currently work from home at least one day a week would seek another job if employers require a full return to business premises. In addition, most employees would look favorably on a new job that offers the same pay and the option to work from home 2 or 3 days a week....