Firms are key to economic development, and CEOs are key to firm productivity. Are firms in countries at varying stages …, resulting in mismatches that can cause up to a 20% loss in productivity for the mismatched firms. The findings imply that …

Are some management practices akin to a technology that can explain firm and national productivity, or do they simply … factor productivity differences both between countries and within countries across firms …

We argue that social capital as proxied by regional trust and the Rule of Law can improve aggregate productivity …

The US has experienced a sustained increase in productivity growth since the mid-1990s, particularly in sectors that … intensively use information technologies (IT). This has not occurred in Europe. If the US "productivity miracle" is due to a … abroad. This paper shows in fact that US multinationals operating in the UK do have higher productivity than non …

mismatches are associated with significant productivity losses …