Are some management practices akin to a technology that can explain firm and national productivity, or do they simply … reflect contingent management styles? We collect data on core management practices from over 11,000 firms in 34 countries. We … find large cross-country differences in the adoption of management practices, with the US having the highest size …

The extensive literature on knowledge management spans several fields, but there are remarkably few studies that … address the basic question as to whether knowledge management practices improve organizational performance. I examine that … question using a national probability sample of establishments, clear measures of IT-driven knowledge management practices, and …