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Complementarity of performance pay and task allocation

Hong, Bryan; Küng, Lorenz; Yang, Mu-Jeung - 2016

internal organization for a nationally representative sample of firms, we empirically test for the existence of complementarity …Complementarity between performance pay and other organizational design elements has been argued to be one potential … find systematic evidence of complementarity between performance pay and decentralization of decision-making from principals …

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Investing in Innovation : A Policy Framework for Attaining Sustainable Prosperity in the United States

Lazonick, William - 2022

“Sustainable prosperity” denotes an economy that generates stable and equitable growth for a large and growing middle class. From the 1940s into the 1970s, the United States appeared to be on a trajectory of sustainable prosperity, especially for white-male members of the U.S. labor force....

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Relocation Patterns in U.S. Manufacturing

Lee, Yoonsoo - 2007

This paper summarizes relocation patterns in the U.S. manufacturing industry over the period 1972-1992, using plant- and firm-level data from the U.S. Census of Manufactures. This study contributes to the existing literature on firm dynamics by distinguishing entry due to relocation from entry...

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Market Power in the U.S. Airline Industry

Bet, Germán - 2021

I document the evolution of market power in the U.S. airline industry for the period 1990:Q1-2019:Q4. I recover estimates of markups, defined as the ratio of price to marginal cost, at the airline-time level. Dominant carriers in the industry have substantially increased their markups in the...

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A Retrospective Study of Recent U.S. Airline Mergers : What Can We Learn from Production Data?

Bet, Germán - 2021

I assess the effect of recent U.S. airline mergers on productive efficiency and market power. I recover productivity, markup, and marginal cost estimates for each airline using production and cost data. I then employ these estimates, a panel event study design, and synthetic control methods to...

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New Governance, Chief Privacy Officers, and the Corporate Management of Information Privacy in the United States

Bamberger, Kenneth A.; Mulligan, Deirdre K. - 2014

While the turn from traditional regulation to more collaborative, experimentalist, and flexible forms of governance has garnered significant academic focus, far less attention has been paid to the effects of such “New Governance” approaches on regulated firms’ understanding of the laws’...

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The Effect of Controversial Global Sourcing Practices on the Ethical Judgments and Intentions of U.S. Consumers

Bregman, Robert; Peng, Xiaosong (David); Chin, Wynne - 2015

Global sourcing has led to lower cost and more effective supply chains for many companies. However, when the cost-driven practices of many suppliers in these chains come to light there is often considerable debate over the ethics of these practices. This research uses the well-known Hunt-Vitell...

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Managerial practices and students' performance

Di Liberto, Adriana; Schivardi, Fabiano; Sulis, Giovanni - 2014

We study the effects of managerial practices in schools on students' outcomes. We measure managerial practices using the World Management Survey, a methodology that enables us to construct robust measures of management quality comparable across countries. We find substantial heterogeneity in...

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Markets, Morals, and Practices of Trade : Jurisdictional Disputes in the U.S. Commerce in Cadavers

Anteby, Michel - 2013

This study examines the U.S. commerce in human cadavers for medical education and research to explore variation in legitimacy in trades involving similar goods. It draws on archival, interview, and observational data mainly from NewYork State to analyze market participants’ efforts to...

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Consequences of Organizational Change in U.S. Hospitals

Lee, Shoou-Yih Daniel; Alexander, Jeffrey A. - 2000

Organizational change has become the norm rather than the exception among U.S. hospitals. Downsizing, service diversification, and affiliation with healthcare systems are but a few notable examples. In this paper, we review the rationale and consequences of organizational change in U.S....

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