Bloom, Nicholas; Manova, Kalina; Van Reenen, John; Sun, … - 2018
causal effects on product quality, production efficiency, and exports. Poor management practices may thus hinder trade and …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 …