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to answer this question. A union monitors establishments in an industry to learn about their productivity and decides …
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Why do cities differ so much in productivity? We document that most of the measured dispersion in productivity across … US cities is spurious and reflects granularity bias: idiosyncratic heterogeneity in plant-level productivity and size …
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The effects of private equity buyouts on employment, productivity, and job reallocation vary tremendously with … relative to control firms - but expands 13% after buyouts of privately held firms. Post-buyout productivity gains at target …
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Understanding the causes of the slowdown in aggregate productivity growth is key to maintaining the competitiveness of … Knowledge-Based Capital (KBC), despite having a positive effect on productivity at the micro level, is a driver of the weak … productivity performance at the aggregate level, by accentuating divergence between a group of "frontier" firms and the rest of the …
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Research Summary: Firm size has long been recognized as a source of competitive advantage. However, the disruptions arising from the knowledge-based global economy are decoupling the link between firm size and profitability. We demonstrate in this article, the structural shifts and evolving...
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this question. A union monitors establishments in an industry to learn about their productivity and decides which ones to …
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to answer this question. A union monitors establishments in an industry to learn about their productivity and decides …
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Firm growth is an essential feature of market economies, shaping together macroeconomic performance and the evolution of industry structures. As a potential indicator of organizational “fitness” within a competitive environment, firm growth is also a central concern to both the practice and...
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U.S. companies are often criticized for being overly short-term oriented. This paper documents that those criticisms have a long history, going back at least thirty-five years. The paper then considers the implications of sustained short-termism for corporate profits, venture capital investments...
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