characteristics and efficiency as the main determinants of their productivity. The application of this analysis to the European market … shows that productivity differences among flag carriers could explain the governments' different views about deregulation at …

cultural diversity, innovation, entrepreneurship, and sales strategies in London businesses between 2005 and 2007. London is … significant “diversity bonus” for all types of London firms. First, companies with diverse management are more likely to introduce … entrepreneurship. Overall, the results provide some support for claims that diversity is an economic asset, as well as a social benefit. …

In this paper we examine the causal impact of competition on management quality. We analyze the hospital sector where … management quality - measured using a new survey tool - is strongly correlated with financial and clinical outcomes such as … a greater number of neighboring hospitals) is positively correlated with increased management quality, and this …

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

The Census Bureau recently conducted a survey of management practices in over 30,000 plants across the US, the first … large-scale survey of management in America. Analyzing these data reveals several striking results. First, more structured … management practices are tightly linked to higher levels of IT intensity in terms of a higher expenditure on IT and more on …

Over the last decade the World Management Survey (WMS) has collected firm-level management practices data across … recent work on management practices. Our preliminary results suggest that about a quarter of cross-country and within …-country TFP gaps can be accounted for by management practices. Management seems to matter both qualitatively and quantitatively …

We present a survey of recent contributions in the empirical organizational economics, focusing on management practices … and decentralization. Productivity dispersion between firms and countries has motivated the improved measurement of firm … organization across industries and countries. There appears to be substantial variation in management practices and …

business relationship management. As more complex organizational forms emerge (outsourcing, supply chains and enterprise IS …-oriented approach and a market-based valuation of contract. Both approaches promise to provide management information by offering a form …