In this paper we investigate the impact of upper and middle level managers on firm performance by simultaneously estimating manager and match qualities for management pairings in Major League Baseball (MLB). We document the economic significance of managers at both organizational levels and...

Does the matching between workers and jobs help explain productivity differentials across firms? To address this question we develop a job-worker allocation quality measure (JAQ) by combining employer-employee administrative data with machine learning techniques. The proposed measure is...

It is not possible for a formal employment contract to detail everything an employee should do and when. Informal relationships, in particular trust, allow managers to arrange a business in a more productive way; high-trust firms are both more profitable and faster growing. For example, if they...

In this paper we investigate the impact of upper and middle level managers on firm performance by simultaneously estimating manager and match qualities for management pairings in Major League Baseball (MLB). We document the economic significance of managers at both organizational levels and...

Does the matching between workers and jobs help explain productivity differentials across firms? To address this question we develop a job-worker allocation quality measure (JAQ) by combining employer-employee administrative data with machine learning techniques. The proposed measure is...

Training and skill development represents a process in progress during the whole career and involves specialized training both within the organization and throughout the professional and social environment. Notion of skill/ com-petence has been the object of investigation for many sciences....

Coaching aims to identify and use those variables which will generate the best results and the process follows the transformation style of different moments, starting with the first moment, going through intermediate moments and ending with the final moment which should coincide with achieving...

(VF)Comment expliquer que la gouvernance reste dominée, malgré les critiques, par une approche davantage actionnariale que partenariale ? Cet article explore l’hypothèse selon laquelle cette rémanence s’expliquerait par une insuffisance du droit. Le droit donne en effet de grands...

Executive coaching has seen a real expansion worldwide due to a new approach of management in the age of information. It is an efficiently used method within organizations, with a view to inspiring top managers in implementing and ascertaining changes in the behavior of those around them, in...

(VF) Comment expliquer que la gouvernance reste dominée davantage par une approche actionnariale que partenariale ? Cette note propose une lecture critique de l’article de Segrestin et Hatchuel publié dans Finance- Contrôle-Stratégie (vol. 14, n° 2, juin 2011) sur l’autorité de gestion...