below emerging countries such as Brazil, China and India. In contrast, the central European transition countries such as …

Over the last decade the World Management Survey (WMS) has collected firm-level management practices data across …

, and German firms are the best managed. Firms in developing countries, such as Brazil, China and India tend to be poorly …

broad support for the model's predictions. First, better managed firms are more likely to export, sell more products to more … destination countries, and earn higher export revenues and profits. Second, better managed exporters have higher prices, higher … improving production efficiency and product quality in both countries, but it matters more in China than in the US, especially …