Support for R&D subsidies relies on empirical evidence that R&D "spills over" between firms. But firm performance is affected by two countervailing R&D spillovers: positive effects from technology spillovers and negative business stealing effects from R&D by product market rivals. We develop a...

Support for many Ramp;D and technology policies relies on empirical evidence that Ramp;D quot;spills overquot; between firms. But there are two countervailing Ramp;D spillovers: positive effects from technology spillovers and negative effects from business stealing by product market rivals. We...

Support for Ramp;D subsidies relies on empirical evidence that Ramp;D quot;spills overquot; between firms. But firm performance is affected by two countervailing Ramp;D spillovers: positive effects from technology spillovers and negative business stealing effects from Ramp;D by product market...

Understanding how differences in management "best practices" affect organizational outcomes has been a focus of both theoretical and empirical work in the fields of management, sociology, economics and public policy. The World Management Survey (WMS) project was born almost two decades ago with...

We link a new UK management survey covering 8,000 firms to panel data on productivity in manufacturing and services. There is a large variation in management practices, which are highly correlated with productivity, profitability and size. Uniquely, the survey collects firms' micro forecasts of...