the same firm. This management variation accounts for about a fifth of the spread of productivity, a similar fraction as …Partnering with the Census we implement a new survey of "structured" management practices in 32,000 US manufacturing … plants. We find an enormous dispersion of management practices across plants, with 40% of this variation across plants within …

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 …

the same firm. This management variation accounts for about a fifth of the spread of productivity, a similar fraction as …Partnering with the Census we implement a new survey of "structured" management practices in 32,000 US manufacturing … plants. We find an enormous dispersion of management practices across plants, with 40% of this variation across plants within …

Innovation has become a central theme and challenge in the literature of entrepreneurship, SMEs management, and … strategic knowledge management and in the literature of organizational learning. Innovation needs a business environment that is …

I study the impact of management quality on innovation input and output of manufacturing firms in ten emerging … countries using data from the Management, Organization and Innovation (MOI) Survey. I find effects of management quality on the … decisions of firms to invest in R&D hold for both EU and non-EU emerging countries. An improvement in management quality from …

I study the relationship between management quality and the innovation input and output of firms in ten emerging … countries using data from the Management, Organization and Innovation (MOI) Survey. I find that management quality is tightly … associated with the decisions of firms to invest in R&D. An improvement in management quality from the 25th percentile to the …

This paper compares the effects of management practices and innovation on productivity, using data from the fifth round … processes they can reap large productivity gains by improving their management practices.The working paper shows that both … returns to innovation and returns to management practices are important drivers of productivity in developing economies …

market because this may allow them to increase their prices; and competition may lead to increased media bias--but this may …