An introduction to the basic concepts -- Economic systems for resource allocation -- The market mechanism -- The theory … of demand -- The theory of supply -- Clients and contractors -- Costs of the construction firm -- Types of market …

We collect data on operations, targets and human resources management practices in over 1,800 schools educating 15-year …-olds in eight countries. Overall, we show that higher management quality is strongly associated with better educational … outcomes. The UK, Sweden, Canada and the US obtain the highest management scores closely followed by Germany, with a gap to …

the World Management Survey, a methodology that enables us to construct robust measures of management quality comparable …