We study how firms can design the physical space of their organizations to maximize performance, both theoretically and empirically. We find that physical location of workers greatly affects performance by means of the performance of peers spilling over to the focal worker --- both positively...

This paper offers Amartya Sen’s capability approach as a framework for understanding and evaluating Human Resource Development activities in larger organizations, specifically transnational corporations (TNCs). There is a growing literature on international human resource management targeted...