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Technology, information and the decentralization of the firm
Acemoglu, Daron; Aghion, Philippe; Lelarge, Claire; Van … - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003335380
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Voluntary work effort and labor contracts
Ilan, Benjamin Y. - 1985
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000684800
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Protection and international sourcing
Ornelas, Emanuel (contributor); Turner, John L. (contributor) - 2008
We study the impact of import protection on relationship-specific investments, organizational choice and welfare. We show that a tariff on intermediate inputs can improve social welfare through mitigating hold-up problems. It does so if it discriminates in favor of the investing party, thereby...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003867892
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The distinct effects of information technology and communication technology on firm organization
Bloom, Nicholas; Garicano, Luis; Sadun, Raffaella; Van … - 2009
Empirical studies on information communication technologies (ICT) typically aggregate the informationʺ and … knowledge and information, technologies that reduce information costs enable agents to acquire more knowledge and "empower … find that better information technologies (Enterprise Resource Planning for plant managers and CAD/CAM for production …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003868135
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The organization of firms across countries
Bloom, Nicholas (contributor); Sadun, Raffaella (contributor) - 2009
fosters higher returns from information technology (we find IT is complementary with decentralization). Finally, we find that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003868518
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New approaches to measuring management and firm organization
Bloom, Nicholas; Van Reenen, John - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003931083
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Recent advances in the empirics of organizational economics
Bloom, Nicholas; Sadun, Raffaella; Van Reenen, John - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003935816
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Theories of heterogeneous firms and trade
Redding, Stephen - 2010
"This paper reviews the recent theoretical literature on heterogeneous firms and trade, which emphasizes firm selection into international markets and reallocations of resources across firms. We discuss the empirical challenges that motivated this research and its relationship to traditional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003990942
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Anatomy of a paradox : management practices, organisational structure and energy efficiency
Martin, Ralf; Muûls, Mirabelle; De Preux, Laure B.; … - 2010
This paper presents new evidence on managerial and organizational factors that explain firm level energy efficiency and TFP. We interviewed managers of 190 randomly selected manufacturing plants in the UK and matched their responses with official business microdata. We find that ‘climate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008823184
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The organization and control of crown corporations
Berkowitz, M. K.; Kotowitz, Y. - 1985
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003518695