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What do we know about China's CEO's?: evidence from across the whole economy
Bryson, Alex; Zhou, Minghai - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012
All that we know about the CEO labour market in China comes from studies of public listed companies and state-owned enterprises (SOEs). This paper is the first to examine the operation of the CEO labour market across all sectors of the Chinese economy. We do so using World Bank enterprise data...
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Managerial ownership and firm performance in German small and medium-sized enterprises
Mueller, Elisabeth; Spitz, Alexandra - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2002
This paper studies the effect of managerial ownership on performance and the determinants of managerial ownership for small and medium-sized private companies. We use a panel of around 1300 firms in the German business-related service sector for the years 1997-2000. Managerial ownership up to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745787
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Are family-friendly workplace practices a valuable firm resource?
Bloom, Nick; Kretschmer, Tobias; Van Reenen, John - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011
manufacturing firms in Germany, France, U.K., and U.S. We find a positive correlation between firm productivity and FFWP. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126035
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Say pays! Shareholder voice and firm performance
Cuñat, Vicente; Giné, Mireia; Guadalupe, Maria - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013
: profitability and labor productivity increase, while overheads and investment fall. In contrast, we find limited effects on pay …
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The impact of an innovative human resource function on firm performance: the moderating role of financing strategy
Knight-Turvey, Neal; Neal, Andrew; West, Michael A.; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004
a financial theory perspective on capital structure. Results show that an innovative HR function is significantly … leveraging (debt) financing strategy, a finding consistent with modern finance theory notions that firmspecific strategic assets …
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Long term implications of the ICT revolution: applying the lessons of growth theory and growth accounting
Oulton, Nicholas - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010
United States or Sweden. Nevertheless the contribution to the long run growth of labour productivity stemming from even the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884516
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A British industrial success: productivity in the Lancashire and New England cotton spinning industries a century ago
Leunig, Tim - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003
This paper uses new product-specific, micro-level US data to show that New England had lower levels of productivity in …-abundant country – has higher labour productivity contradicts the Rothbarth-Habakkuk model. We suggest Britain’s industrial success …
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Multinationals and US productivity leadership: evidence from Great Britain
Criscuolo, Chiara; Martin, Ralf - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2005
We study the productivity of US owned plants in the UK. Using a new dataset that identifies foreign and domestic MNEs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884622
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New survey evidence on recent changes in UK union recognition
Blanden, Jo; Machin, Stephen; Van Reenen, John - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2005
companies with higher wages, higher productivity and higher capital intensity. The ‘blip up’ in new recognitions is consistent …
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Measuring and explaining management practices across firms and countries
Bloom, Nick; Van Reenen, John - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006
-level productivity, profitability, Tobin’s Q, sales growth and survival rates. Management practices also display significant cross …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010928804