First we distinguish various approaches used by economists to assess the impact of human resource management practices on productivity and then we briefly review and illustrate studies that represent different approaches. In the main part of the paper we illustrate the econometric case study...

We investigate the impact of adopting an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system on performance changes and employee outcomes in a retail chain. We find that: (i) sales and inventory turnover initially drop by 7 % and recover in 6-12 months; (ii) inventory turnover recovers more quickly for...

By using weekly records on efficiency for four production lines in a Finnish food processing plant during the period 1999-2005, the authors investigated the effects on worker performance once changes in Human Resource Management (HRM) practices were instituted. Using time series methods to...