'firm size effects,' and lend additional support to the view that a role hierarchies play in legal services is to help …

CEOs are more likely to delegate decision authority when the firm is large or complex. Delegation is less likely when the …

Using firm-, industry-, and country-level data, we document a link between family ownership and labor relations. Across …, consistent with firm-level evidence suggesting that family firms are particularly effective at coping with difficult labor …

Motivated by theories of the firm, which we classify as technological' or organizational,' we analyze the determinants … of firm size across industries and across countries in a sample of 15 European countries. We find that, on average, firms … development, such as greater judicial efficiency, seems to be correlated with lower dispersion in firm size within an industry …

This paper examines whether CEOs are fired after bad firm performance caused by factors beyond their control. Standard … economic theory predicts that corporate boards filter out exogenous industry and market shocks to firm performance when … the industry component of firm performance from its 75th to its 25th percentile increases the probability of a forced CEO …

choosing a lower index firm could lead many workers to choose a higher-cost fund for them. We find that before the index … and policies aimed at aiding consumer decision-making also need to incorporate firm incentives to be effective. …

constraints may impede experimentation, and thus limit learning about the profitability of alternative firm sizes. The model shows …