Purpose – Management is a “hot field” in China, yet little has been written in English about the history of management … in China. Contrary to contemporary management literature, the paper aims to show that Chinese entrepreneurs and managers … were exposed to modern management ideas from the early twentieth century. The paper is an initial exploration of the …

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 … inputs, and imported inputs from more advanced countries. The structural estimates indicate that management is important for …