We use an innovative survey tool to collect management practice data from 732 medium sized manufacturing firms in the …-level productivity, profitability, Tobin's Q, sales growth and survival rates. Management practices also display significant cross … tail of extremely badly managed firms. We find that poor management practices are more prevalent when (a) product market …

, Education, and Other Services are among the most affected sectors. The jobs at risk due to COVID-19 related SME business …

This paper assesses the prospects of a 2021 time bomb in SME failures triggered by the generous support policies …

-employed individuals, we find robust evidence that women in Italy pay more for overdraft facilities than men. We could not find any …

We collect data on operations, targets and human resources management practices in over 1,800 schools educating 15-year …-olds in eight countries. Overall, we show that higher management quality is strongly associated with better educational … outcomes. The UK, Sweden, Canada and the US obtain the highest management scores closely followed by Germany, with a gap to …

promoted management training trips for European managers at US firms. Through the analysis of reports compiled by UK, France … increase thanks to the program. The fact that European businesses were not forced to adopt the American management model, but …

Management has a large effect on the productivity of large firms. But does management matter in micro and small firms …