Do "Anglo-Saxon" management practices generate higher productivity only at the expense of lousy work-life balance (WLB …) for workers? Many critics of "neo-libéralisme sauvage" have argued that increased competition from globalisation is … tool that companies can use to raise productivity. We try to shed some empirical light on these issues using an innovative …

, 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 … is more pronounced in low-competition environments and does not seem to be explained by measurement error. Third …

We analyze the causal impact of competition on managerial quality (and hospital performance). To address the … hospitals in a geographical area. We find that higher competition is positively correlated with management quality, measured …

Studies of firm-level data have shown that there is a huge dispersion of productivity across firms even when industries … productive. The formers' convergence could therefore constitute an important part of productivity growth at the macroeconomic … which can explain it. Productivity convergence was stronger for labour productivity than for total factor productivity. But …

-level productivity, profitability, Tobin's Q, sales growth and survival rates. Management practices also display significant cross … competition is weak and/or when (b) family-owned firms pass management control down to the eldest sons (primo geniture). European … firms report lower levels of competition, while French and British firms also report substantially higher levels of primo …

In the last CentrePiece, John Van Reenen stressed the importance of competition and labour market flexibility for … productivity growth. His latest in CEP's 'big ideas' series describes the impact of research on how policy-makers can influence …

This paper develops a simple model to analyze how a lack of political competition may lead to policies that hinder … that lack of political competition in a state is associated with anti-growth policies: higher taxes, lower capital spending … and a reduced likelihood of using right-to-work laws. We also document a strong link between low political competition and …

tougher competition leads to higher productivity and higher welfare and hints at an additional source of gains from trade as … selection with heterogeneous buyers and sellers consistent with these findings in which tougher competition induces a better … long as freer trade fosters competition. …

This paper investigates whether there is convergence in Total Factor Productivity towards the technological frontier at … technological frontier, and therefore make a contribution to productivity growth through technology transfer. We also find evidence …

markets explain both productivity differences and firm density. Estimating structural model parameters is simple and relies on … model, we find that labor markets which provide cost advantages explain substantial differences in firm productivity …