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Production Function Estimation Using Subjective Expectations Data
Norris Keiller, Agnes; Paula, Áureo de; Van Reenen, John - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Standard methods for estimating production functions in the Olley and Pakes (1996) tradition require assumptions on input choices. We introduce a new method that exploits (increasingly available) data on a firm's expectations of its future output and inputs that allows us to obtain consistent...
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Minimum wages and firm profitability
Draca, Mirko (contributor); Machin, Stephen (contributor);  … - 2006
Although there is a large literature on the economic effects of minimum wages on labour market outcomes (especially employment), there is hardly any evidence on their impact on firm performance. This is surprising: minimum wages appear to have a significant impact on wages, but only a limited...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003253452
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Minimum Wages and Firm Profitability
Draca, Mirko - 2013
Although there is a large literature on the economic effects of minimum wages on labour market outcomes (especially employment), there is hardly any evidence on their impact on firm performance. This is surprising: minimum wages appear to have a significant impact on wages, but only a limited...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012754418
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Management as a technology?
Bloom, Nicholas; Sadun, Raffaella; Van Reenen, John - 2016
Are some management practices akin to a technology that can explain company and national productivity, or do they simply reflect contingent management styles? We collect data on core management practices from over 11,000 firms in 34 countries. We find large cross-country differences in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011486495
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Turbulence, Firm Decentralization and Growth in Bad Times
Aghion, Philippe - 2017
What is the optimal form of firm organization during "bad times"? Using two large micro datasets on firm decentralization from US administrative data and 10 OECD countries, we find that firms that delegated more power from the Central Headquarters to local plant managers prior to the Great...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012957505
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Turbulence, firm decentralization and growth in bad times
Aghion, Philippe; Bloom, Nicholas; Lucking, Brian; … - 2017
What is the optimal form of firm organization during "bad times"? Using two large micro datasets on firm decentralization from US administrative data and 10 OECD countries, we find that firms that delegated more power from the Central Headquarters to local plant managers prior to the Great...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011641565
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What are the channels for technology sourcing? : panel data evidence from German companies
Harhoff, Dietmar; Müller, Elisabeth; Van Reenen, John - 2012
Innovation processes within corporations increasingly tap into international technology sources, yet little is known … about the relative contribution of different types of innovation channels. We investigate the effectiveness of different …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010443152
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What are the channels for technology sourcing? : panel data evidence from German companies
Harhoff, Dietmar; Müller, Elisabeth; Van Reenen, John - 2012
Innovation processes within corporations increasingly tap into international technology sources, yet little is known … about the relative contribution of different types of innovation channels. We investigate the effectiveness of different …-how. -- technology sourcing ; knowledge spillovers ; productivity ; open innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009538027
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Does management matter in schools?
Bloom, Nicholas; Lemos, Renata; Sadun, Raffaella; Van … - In: The economic journal : the journal of the Royal … 125 (2015) 584, pp. 647-674
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Does management matter in schools?
Bloom, Nicholas; Lemos, Renata; Sadun, Raffaella; Van … - 2014
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