wages and living standards, productivity and business, Europe, the NHS, schools, tuition fees, gender gaps, urban and …

A classic question in industrial organization is whether competition raises productivity and if so, through what … tougher competition does indeed raise productivity and one of the main mechanisms is through improving management practices … management quality boosts productivity. …

, 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 …

and decentralization. Productivity dispersion between firms and countries has motivated the improved measurement of firm … identification of the productivity effects of organizational practices remain a challenge for future research. …

relationship with improved productivity and profits. …

John Van Reenen sketches the evolution of CEP research on the drivers of productivity growth - and its impact on …

UK productivity stagnated after the Great Recession of 2008-09 and remains about 15 percent below historical trends …. This 'productivity puzzle' is due to a mixture of cyclical and structural effects - the fall is not entirely permanent; and … average. Chronically low investment especially in infrastructure and innovation, poor management and weak intermediate skills …