We use an innovative methodology to measure management practices in over 300 manufacturing firms in the UK. We then … match this management data to production and energy usage information for establishments owned by these firms. We find that … relation to other factor inputs. This is quantitatively substantial: going from the 25th to the 75th percentile of management …

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 …

We develop a model of internal governance where the self-serving actions of top management are limited by the potential …

secure persistently superior performance via investments in better management and organization. We empirically analyze the … management is driven by two key organizational trade-offs: employee initiative vs. coordination as well as exploration of novel …

Hedge fund managers are compensated via management fees on the assets under management (AUM) and incentive fees indexed … only paid via management fees, the manager optimally chooses time-invariant leverage to balance the size of allocation to … via both management and incentive fees, we show that (i) the high-powered incentive fees encourage excessive risk taking …