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Diversification, coordination costs, and organizational rigidity: evidence from microdata
Rawley, Evan - In: Strategic management journal 31 (2010) 8, pp. 873-891
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Diversification, Coordination Costs and Organizational Rigidity : Evidence from Microdata
Rawley, Evan - 2012
This paper examines the impact of coordination costs and organizational rigidity on the returns to diversification. The … central thesis is that coordination costs offset economies of scope, while organizational rigidity increases coordination … costs, further constraining economies of scope. The empirical tests of this proposition identify the effects of coordination …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014223712
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Vertical Collaboration and the Performance of Knowledge-Based Products : Evidence from the Korean TV Drama Industry
Paik, Yongwook - 2019
This paper provides theory and evidence about how vertical collaboration between an integrated firm and a focused supplier enhances the market performance of knowledge-based products. We posit that, when downstream commercialization is concentrated relative to upstream product development,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012899097
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Is Aggregate Market Power Increasing? Production Trends Using Financial Statements
Traina, James - 2018
rising share of costs in firm production. Markups are increasing in firm size and vary by sector. Reasonable calibrations …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012927941
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Suomen tehdasteollisuuden johtamiskäytäntöjen laatu
Maliranta, Mika; Ohlsbom, Roope - 2017
There is a lack of comprehensive information on the quality of management in Finland as compared to other countries. Funded by the Strategic Research Council, the Skills, Education and the Future of Work research project has started filling this gap. As part of the project, an extensive survey...
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Why do management practices differ across firms and countries?
Bloom, Nicholas; Van Reenen, John - 2010
Economists have long puzzled over the astounding differences in productivity between firms and countries. For example, looking at disaggregated data on U.S. manufacturing industries, Syverson (2004a) found that plants at the 90th percentile produced four times as much as the plant in the 10th...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008654267
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Management practices and productivity in Germany
Broszeit, Sandra; Fritsch, Ursula; Görg, Holger; … - 2016
Based on a novel dataset, the "German Management and Organizational Practices" (GMOP) Survey, we calculate establishment specific management scores following Bloom and van Reenen as indicators of management quality. We find substantial heterogeneity in management practices across establishments...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011546641
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Management practices and productivity in Germany
Broszeit, Sandra; Fritsch, Ursula; Görg, Holger; … - 2016
Based on a novel dataset, the "German Management and Organizational Practices" (GMOP) Survey, we calculate establishment specific management scores following Bloom and van Reenen as indicators of management quality. We find substantial heterogeneity in management practices across establishments...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011553965
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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 advanced management practices. Many of these practices - including monitoring, goal setting, and the use of incentives - are mediated through employee decision-making and...
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