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Insider Econometrics : Empirical Studies of How Management Matters
Ichniowski, Casey - 2010
fundamental to the field of organizational economics: 1.Why do firms in the same industry adopt different management practices?2 ….Does the adoption of a new management practice raise productivity? 3.If so, why does the new management practice raise … industry insiders with rigorous econometric tests about the adoption and productivity effects of new management practices using …
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Knowledge Creation and Control in Organizations
Puga, Diego; Trefler, Daniel - 2021
The incremental innovations that underly much of modern economic growth typically involve changes to one or more components of a complex product. This creates a tension. On the one hand, a principal would like an agent to contribute innovative components. On the other hand, ironing out...
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Organizational Economics and Physician Practices
Rebitzer, James B. - 2011
Economists seeking to improve the efficiency of health care delivery frequently emphasize two issues: the fragmented structure of physician practices and poorly designed physician incentives. This paper analyzes these issues from the perspective of organizational economics. We begin with a brief...
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Reorganization
Hall, Robert E. - 2021
One of the productive activities engaging the work force is reorganizing. When factors of production are better matched, productivity is higher. The probabilistic matching model of Diamond, Mortensen, and others provides a way to make the idea of reorganization precise. Because the flow of...
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Secure Survey Design in Organizations : Theory and Experiments
Chassang, Sylvain - 2019
We study the impact of secure survey designs ensuring plausible deniability on information transmission in organizations. We are interested in settings in which fear of retaliation makes potential informants reluctant to reveal the truth. Theory predicts that: (i) popular randomized-response...
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Inertia and Incentives : Bridging Organizational Economics and Organizational Theory
Henderson, Rebecca - 2009
Organizational theorists have long acknowledged the importance of the formal and informal incentives facing a firm%u2019s employees, stressing that the political economy of a firm plays a major role in shaping organizational life and firm behavior. Yet the detailed study of incentive systems has...
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Organizations and Trade
Antràs, Pol - 2008
We survey an emerging literature at the intersection of organizational economics and international trade. We argue that a proper modelling of the organizational aspects of production provides valuable insights on the aggregate workings of the world economy. In reviewing the literature, we...
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The Demand for Coordination
Dessein, Wouter; Santos, Tano - 2021
This paper endogenizes coordination problems in organizations by allowing for both ex ante coordination of activities, using rules and task guidelines, and ex post coordination, using communication and broad job assignments. It shows that: (i) Task specialization and the division of labor is...
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On the Interaction of Memory and Procrastination : Implications for Reminders
Ericson, Keith M. Marzilli - 2014
I examine the interaction between present-bias and limited memory. Individuals in the model must choose when and whether to complete a task, but may forget or procrastinate. Present-bias expands the effect of memory: it induces delay and limits take-up of reminders. Cheap reminder technology can...
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Teachers and the Gender Gaps in Student Achievement
Dee, Thomas S. - 2009
In the United States, girls outperform boys in measures of reading achievement while generally underperforming in science and mathematics. One major class of explanations for these gaps involves the gender-based interactions between students and teachers (e.g., role-model and Pygmalion effects)....
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