This paper investigates whether the arrival of managers with export experience, i.e. experience acquired through … relationship is of a causal nature. We construct a worker-firm matched panel dataset which enables us to track managers across …. Contrary to blue and white collars, we find that managers are paid a sizeable premium for export experience which has both a …

We develop a model of internal governance where the self-serving actions of top management are limited by the potential …, even without any external governance. Internal governance seems to work best when both top management and subordinates are …

Using a tried and tested measure of management practices which has been shown to predict firm performance, we survey … nearly 250 departments across 100+ UK universities. We find large differences in management scores across universities and …-oriented universities. We also find that management matters in universities. The scores, particularly with respect to provision of …