We survey an emerging literature at the intersection of organizational economics and international trade. We argue that a proper modelling of the organizational aspects of production provides valuable insights on the aggregate workings of the world economy. In reviewing the literature, we...

Die Anforderungen an ein modernes Personalmanagement werden im Zuge einer zunehmend global vernetzten Wirtschaft immer komplexer. Kundenorientierung erfordert ein hohes Maß an Flexibilität. Zugleich muss ein Unternehmen den Mitarbeitern Perspektiven bieten, denn sie sind ein zentraler...

This paper establishes a causal effect of competition from trade liberalization on various characteristics of organizational design. We exploit a unique panel dataset on firm hierarchies (1986-1999) of large U.S. firms and find that increasing competition leads firms to become flatter, i.e., (i)...

The productivity of firms is, at least partly, determined by a firm's actions and decisions. One of these decisions involves the organization of production in terms of the number of layers of management the firm decides to employ. Using detailed employer-employee matched data and firm production...