upgrading in foreign-acquired firms. We reveal substantial productivity gains within foreign-acquired firms and we show that …

: distorted employment decisions, increased productivity, and higher exit rates. Our empirical analysis, using a novel dataset and …% points higher annual productivity growth, and a 3.6% points higher probability of exit for firms with binding employment … after 10 years. Additionally, an alternative policy of productivity investment subsidies proved costly and less effective in …

Team production is a frequent feature of modern organizations. Combined with team incentives, team production can … therefore on their colleagues' productivity. We study the effects of such externalities in a competitive labor market if workers … have private information on their productivity. We find that in any competitive equilibrium there must be Pareto …

evidence on the direct effect of ethnic divisions on productivity. In team production at a plant in Kenya, an upstream worker …

productivity and electricity productivity. Apart from positive effects on firm economic and environmental performance, cost …-price pass through significantly benefitted consumers, and the productivity improvements limited increases in carbon emissions. …

The productivity of firms is, at least partly, determined by a firm’s actions and decisions. One of these decisions … endogenous response of revenue-based and quantity-based productivity to a change in layers: a firm reorganization. We show that … as a result of an exogenous demand or productivity shock that makes the firm reorganize and add a management layer …