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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 … cross-country total factor productivity differences. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011486495
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Managing trade : evidence from China and the US
Bloom, Nicholas; Manova, Kalina; Van Reenen, John; Sun, … - 2018
We present a heterogeneous-firm model in which management ability increases both pro- duction efficiency and product quality. Combining six micro-datasets on management prac- tices, production and trade in Chinese and American firms, we find broad support for the model's predictions. First,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011864551
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Management practices, workforce selection, and productivity
Bender, Stefan; Bloom, Nicholas; Card, David E.; Van … - 2016
Recent research suggests that much of the cross-firm variation in measured productivity is due to differences in use of … longitudinal earnings records for their employees to study the relationship between productivity, management, worker ability, and … and firm-level productivity in Germany. In our preferred TFP estimates only a small fraction of this correlation is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011458600
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Management practices, workforce selection, and productivity
Bender, Stefan; Bloom, Nicholas; Card, David; Van … - 2016
Recent research suggests that much of the cross-firm variation in measured productivity is due to differences in use of … longitudinal earnings records for their employees to study the relationship between productivity, management, worker ability, and … and firm-level productivity in Germany. In our preferred TFP estimates only a small fraction of this correlation is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011531736
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Why Do Management Practices Differ Across Firms and Countries?
Bloom, Nicholas; Van Reenen, John - 2014
Economists have long puzzled why there are such astounding differences in productivity between firms and countries. For … and Jones (1999) and Jones and Romer (2009) show how the stark differences in productivity across countries account for a … productivity differentials are due to "hard" technological innovations as embodied in patents or adoption of new machinery …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014199247
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Innovation, Reallocation and Growth
Acemoglu, Daron - 2015
We build a model of firm-level innovation, productivity growth and reallocation featuring endogenous entry and exit. A …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013035706
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Managing Trade : Evidence From China and the US
Bloom, Nicholas - 2018
We present a heterogeneous-firm model in which management ability increases both production efficiency and product quality. Combining six micro-datasets on management practices, production and trade in Chinese and American firms, we find broad support for the model's predictions. First, better...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012917171
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Why do Firms in Developing Countries Have Low Productivity?
Bloom, Nicholas - 2014
The productivity of firms in developing countries appears to be extremely low. Prior work, such as that summarized in …, trade policies, and human capital that reduce the productivity of firms in developing countries. In this short article we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013070405
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Managing Trade : Evidence from China and the US
Bloom, Nicholas - 2019
We present a heterogeneous-firm model in which management ability increases both pro- duction efficiency and product quality. Combining six micro-datasets on management practices, production and trade in Chinese and American firms, we find broad support for the model's predictions. First, better...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012898431
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Innovation, Reallocation and Growth
Acemoglu, Daron - 2014
We build a model of firm-level innovation, productivity growth and reallocation featuring endogenous entry and exit. A …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013062735