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Span of Control and Span of Activity
Bandiera, Oriana; Prat, Andrea; Sadun, Raffaella; Wulf, … - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2012
For both practitioners and researchers, span of control plays an important role in defining and understanding the role of the CEO. In this paper, we combine organizational chart information for a sample of 65 companies with detailed data on how their CEOs allocate their work time, which we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010543481
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Managing the Family Firm: Evidence from CEOs at Work
Bandiera, Oriana; Prat, Andrea; Sadun, Raffaella - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2013
, where family ownership is widespread and the productivity dispersion across firms is substantial. Time use analysis of 356 … devote to work activities, and longer working hours are associated with higher firm productivity, growth, profitability and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010721416
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In brief: Mrs Thatcher's industrial legacy
Reenen, John Van - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2014
John Van Reenen examines the 'unbalancing' of Britain's economy away from manufacturing since 1979.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010738420
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In brief: Mrs Thatcher's industrial legacy
Reenen, John Van - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2014
John Van Reenen examines the 'unbalancing' of Britain's economy away from manufacturing since 1979.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010774268
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Austerity: Growth Costs and Post-Election Plans
Reenen, John Van - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2015
The austerity programme of the coalition government knocked at least one percent per year off growth in the first two years of this Parliament. In retrospect, this looks like a mistake and the slower pace of austerity in 2012 to 2013 and thereafter was welcome (as was the setting up of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011196719
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Medium and Long Run Prospects for UK Growth in the Aftermath of the Financial Crisis
Oulton, Nicholas - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2013
The productivity performance of the UK economy in the period 1990-2007 was excellent. Based entirely on pre-crisis data … discuss a wide range of hypotheses which seek to explain the productivity collapse, including the impact of austerity. Most of … financial crises, particularly banking crises, on productivity, capital, TFP and employment. Based on a cross-country panel …
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