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    Latest blog entry: Does Management Really Work?
    

Biography

Full Professor in the Department of Economics, London School of Economics.

Director Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics.

Editorial Board of the Journal of Economic Literature since 2007 and Journal of the European Economic Association since 2006.

Winner of the 2009 Yrjö Jahnsson Award (European equivalent to the Bates Clark Medal)

Fellow of the British Academy

Other Recent Positions:

I have extensive experience working as an economist for various private and public sector organisations including:

1. Professor, Department of Economics, University College London (1994-2003)
2. Senior Policy Analyst in the Strategy Unit at the Department of Health (2000-01), reporting directly to the Secretary of State
3. Visiting Professor, Department of Economics University of California at Berkeley, January 1998-January 1999
4. Policy advisor to No.10 Downing Street, 1999-2000, education, enterprise and tax.
5. Research Fellow in the Corporate Sector, Institute for Fiscal Studies (September 1992-February 1999). Founded the productivity and innovation program at IFS
6. Editorial Board - Economic Policy (2000-2003), European Economic Review (1999-2003), The Review of Economic Studies (1997-2003), Editorial Board of Journal of Industrial Economics (1996-2008)
7. Partner, Lexecon Ltd 2001-2002
8. Denning Visiting Professor of Global Business and Economics (2008-2009), Stanford University

Education:

• 1990-92 University College London PhD
• 1988-89 London School of Economics MSc (Distinction with Prize)
• 1986-88 Queens College, University of Cambridge BA (First Class, Joshua King prize, College prize and Subject prizes)
• 1978-84 Kelsey Park Comprehensive School

Affiliations/Professional activities with other institutions:

• Centre for Economic Policy Research - Research Fellow
• National Bureau of Economic Research - Research Associate
• Strategy Board on Productivity, Office for National Statistics - Academic Member
• IZA - Research Fellow

Teaching:

• EC486 - Economics and Management MSc Econometric Methods
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  • Lecture 2
  • Lecture 3
  • Reading List
  
  
• MIT/Harvard PhD, Organizational Economics , Winter 2013
  • Lecture 1
  • Lecture 2

• Stanford GSB, MGTECON 591
  Lectures about core modern management practices and firm organization
  • lecture_1 (pdf, 1.5MB)
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  • lecture_3 (pdf, 1.8MB)
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  • Scoring Grid
  • Gokaldas Case
    
    
• Empirical Methods in Micro-economics: Panel Data
  • Course Overview
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  • GMM for Panel Data Using Stata
  • GMM Stata Exercises
  • Data file 1 [zipped STATA .dta file]
  • Data file 2 [zipped STATA .dta file]
  
  
• Management and Productivity
  • Yale PhDs, December 2012

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  Selected Publications:

  (See also FULL LIST of Publications)
  
  
  • Identifying Technology Spillovers and Product Market Rivalry (with Nick Bloom and Mark Schankerman), forthcoming, Econometrica. Download data files (.zip)
    
    
  • Has ICT Polarized Skill Demand? Evidence from Eleven Countries over 25 Years (with Guy Michaels and Ashwini Natraj), CEP Discussion Paper No. 987. Forthcoming Review of Economics and Statistics.
    
    
  • The organization of firms across countries (with Nick Bloom and Raffaella Sadun), Quarterly Journal of Economics (2012), 127 (4), 1663-1705. Download Data file (.zip)
    
    
  • Does Management Really Work? How Three Essential Practices Can Address Even the Most Complex Global Problems (with Nick Bloom and Raffaella Sadun) Harvard Business Review (2012), November.
    
    
  • Innovation and Institutional Ownership (with Philippe Aghion and Luigi Zingales), American Economic Review 2013, 103(1): 277-304. Download associated data files (.zip).
    
    
  • Americans do I.T better: US Multinationals and the Productivity Miracle (with Nick Bloom and Rafaella Sadun), American Economic Review (2012) 102 (1),167-201  Download Associated data files (zip)
    
    
  • Why do management practices differ across firms and countries? (with Nick Bloom), Journal of Economic Perspectives (2010), 24 (1), 203-224
    
    
  • Can Pay Regulation Kill? Panel Data Evidence on the Effect of Labour Markets on Hospital Performance, Carol Propper and John Van Reenen, Journal of Political Economy (2010), Vol. 118, no. 2, 222-273
    
    
  • Technology, Information and the Decentralization of the Firm (with Daron Acemoglu, Philippe Aghion, Claire Lelarge and Fabrizzio Zilibotti, Quarterly Journal of Economics (2007), 122 (4), 1759-1799
    
    
  • Measuring and Explaining Management Practices Across Firms and Nations (with Nick Bloom) Quarterly Journal of Economics (2007) 122 (4), 1351-1408
    
    
  • How special is the relationship: Using the impact of US R&D spillovers on British firms as a test of technology sourcing (with Rupert Harrison and Rachel Griffith) American Economic Review (December 2006) 96(5), 1859-1875
    
    
  • Uncertainty and Company Investment Dynamics: Empirical Evidence for UK firms (with N. Bloom and S. Bond) Review of Economic Studies (2007) 74, 391-415 "
    
    
  • Evaluating the Employment Impact of mandatory a job search assistance programme (with R. Blundell, M. Costa Dias and C. Meghir) Journal of the European Economics Association (2004) 2(4) 569-606.
    
    
  • Skill biased organisational change? Evidence from British and French establishments (with Eve Caroli) Quarterly Journal of Economics (2001) CXVI, No. 4, 1449-1492
    
    
  • Market share, market value and Innovation: Evidence from British Manufacturing Firms (with Richard Blundell and Rachel Griffith). Review of Economic Studies (July 1999) 66(3), 228, 529-554
    
    
  • Technology and changes in the skill structure: Evidence from seven OECD countries (with Stephen Machin). Quarterly Journal of Economics (November 1998) CXI, 113, 1215-44
    
    
  • The Creation and Capture of Economic Rents: Wages and Innovation in a Panel of UK Companies. Quarterly Journal of Economics (February 1996) CXI, 443, 195-226
    
    

  Selected Working Papers:

  (See also FULL LIST of Publications)
  
  
  • Carbon Taxes, Path Dependency and Directed Technical Change: Evidence from the Auto Industry (with Philippe Aghion, Antoine Dechezlepetre, David Hemous and Ralf Martin), CEP Discussion Paper No. 1178
    
    
  • Firm Size Distortions and the Productivity Distribution: Evidence from France (with Luis Garicano and Claire Lelarge)
    
    
  • Firm Performance and Wages: Evidence from Across the Corporate Hierarchy (with Brian Bell), CEP Discussion Paper No. 1088
    
    
  • The Impact of Competition on Management Quality: Evidence from Public Hospitals (with Nick Bloom, Carol Propper and Stephan Seiler), CEP Discussion Paper No. 983
    
    
  • Management as a Technology (with Nick Bloom and Raffaella Sadun)
    
    
  • Spillovers in Space: does geography matter? (with Sergey Lychagin, Joris Pinkse and Margaret E. Slade), CEP Discussion Paper No. 991
    
    
  • A Trapped Factors Model of Innovation (with Nick Bloom and Paul Romer)
    
    
  • The distinct effects of Information Technology and Communication Technology on firm organization (with Nick Bloom, Luis Garicano and Raffaella Sadun), CEP Discussion Paper No. 927, May 2009
    
    
  • Trade induced technical change? The impact of Chinese imports on innovation and Information Technology (with Nick Bloom and Mirko Draca), CEP Discussion Paper No. 1000
    
    
  • The Incentives of a monopolist to degrade interoperability (with Christos Genakos and Kai Uwe Kuhn), CEP Discussion Paper No. 1060
    
    
  • The effects of industrial policy on corprate performance: Evidence from panel data (with Chiara Criscuolo, Ralf Martin and Henry Overman)
    
    

  Recent Presentations:

  • Jobs, skills and technology in Asia, Asian Development Bank Annual Conference, Delhi, 2 May 2013
    
    
  • Evaluation of State Aid, Keynote Presentation, European Commission conference on Evaluating State Aid, Brussels, 24 April 2013
    
    
  • Management as a Technology? Berkeley Departmental Seminar, 20 March 2013
    
    
  • Digital Economy, Google Big Tent Event on Fuelling jobs, growth and innovation in Europe, Brussels, 20 February 2013
    
    
  • Investing in Prosperity, ESRC All Party Social Science Group meeting, House of Commons, London, 5 February 2013.
    
    
  • Management as a Technology? LSE Department of Management Seminar, 28 November 2012
    
    
  • The Role of GPs in Hospital Choice, Office of Fair Trading Econometrics Workshop, London, 27 November 2012
    
    
  • Impartiality & Economic Reporting, presentation at British Broadcasting Corporation "Conference on BBC Impartiality and Economic Reporting", London, 6 November 2012
    
    
  • Trade Induced Technical Change: The impact of Chinese imports on innovation, diffusion and productivity, presentation at Austrian National Bank, Vienna, 22 October 2012.
    
    
  • UK Growth Performance, presentation at Department for Communities & Local Government, London, 1 October 2012
    
    
  • Economic Performance in US & EU: Productivity, Management and Policy, Peterson Institute, Washington DC, 28 September 2012
    
    
  • Management as a Technology? NBER Summer Institute: Productivity & Macro Group, Cambridge MA, 18 July 2012
    
    
  • Wage Inequality, Skill Demand and Skill Supply: Recent evidence, European Society for Population Economics (ESPE) Annual Conference, Berne, Switzerland, 21 June 2012
    
    
  • UK Growth Performance, BIS Evidence Based Policy Workshop on Growth, Department for Business Innovation & Skills, London, 13 June 2012
    
    
  • Management Practices and Growth, LSE Growth Commission Evidence Session on Management, LSE, London, 28 May 2012.
    
    
  • Private Enterprise Dynamics in Low Income Countries, CEPR/DfID Private Enterprise Development in Low Income Economies meeting, London, 18 May 2012.
    
    
  • Growth Policies, Lead Non-Executives Conference, London, 9 May 2012
    
    
  • Horrible Bosses: The New Economics of Management, Keynote Address to Irish Economic Association, Dublin, 27 April 2012.
    
    
  • UK Economic Performance since 1997: Growth & Productivity, Royal Economic Society Conference, Cambridge UK, 26 March 2012. See full session details at How to Get Back to Growth
    
    
  • Management as a Technology? Kyte Conference, University of Bocconi, 22 March 2012.
    
    
  • Firm Size Distortions and the Productivity Distribution: Evidence from France, NBER Entrepreneurship Group Event, Cambridge MA, 2 December 2011.
    
    
  • Boss-onomics: Does Management Really Matter? Esmee Fairbairn Lecture, Lancaster University, 22 November 2011.
    
    
  • Decoupling of Wage Growth and Productivity Growth? Myth and Reality, LSE/Resolution Foundation Seminar, London School of Economics, 21 November 2011.
    
    
  • UK Economic Performance since 1997: How bad was Labour? And what are the implications for restoring growth? London School of Economics, 15 November 2011.
    
    
  • Boss-onomics - Does Management Really Matter? Fondazione Rodolfo Debenedetti Lecture, Milan, 10 October 2011.
    
    
  • Where is Future Growth Going to Come From?, LSE Works Lecture, London School of Economics, 17 February 2011.
    
    
  • Rebalancing the UK Economy, Discussion of Vince Cable at LSE Business Breakfast, 11 December 2010
    
    
  • Trade Induced Technical Change, OECD Conference on Growth, Paris, 10 December 2010
    
    
  • Competition, Consumer Policies and Economic Growth: Discussion of John Fingleton, CRA Conference on Competition Policy and Growth, Brussels, 7 December 2010
    
    
  • Boss-Onomics: Does Management Matter? Royal Economic Society Lecture, London & Manchester, 2-3 December 2010
    
    
  • Management Matters in Healthcare, One Birdcage Walk, London, October 26 2010
    
    
  • Productivity and Management, Implications for Brazil, Insper Business School, Sao Paulo, Brazil, September 13 2010
    
    
  • Restoring Growth, CEP 21st Birthday Lecture Series, LSE, 16 November 2010
    
    
  • Sources of Growth, Annual Analysts' Conference, Department for Business Innovation & Skills, London, November 2010
    
    
  • Competition and Management , Keynote address for EARIE (European Association of Industrial Economics, Istanbul, September 2010
    
    
  • Management, Organization and Productivity, Invited session for World Congress of Econometric Society, Shanghai, August 2010
    
    
  • Bossonomics, Invited Lecture to Civil Service College, Singapore, August 2010
    
    
  • Youth Unemployment, Bristol WPEG conference, July 2010
    
    
  • Inequality, Technology & Trade: 21 st Century Evidence, Adam Smith Lecture for the 2010 Joint meetings of the European Association of Labour Economists/Society of Labor Economists, June 2010 (Eale8)
    
    
  • Productivity, Innovation and Economic Policy University of Copenhagen , June 2010
    
    
  • Discussion of The Executive Compensation Controversy: A Transatlantic Analysis, by Conyon, Fernandes, Ferreira, Matos & Murphy May 2010
    
    
  • Productivity, Management and the Organization of Firms, Yrjö Jahnsson Lecture, University of Helsinki, January 2010

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  See also Publications on LSE Research Online

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  CEP Publications:

  • Incomplete Contracts and the Internal Organisation of Firms
    Phillipe Aghion, Nicholas Bloom, John Van Reenen, March 2013
    Paper No' CEPOP36: Read Abstract | Full paper
    
    
  • What are the Channels for Technology Sourcing? Panel Data Evidence from German Companies
    Dietmar Harhoff, Elisabeth Mueller, John Van Reenen, March 2013
    Paper No' CEPDP1193: Read Abstract | Full paper
    
    
  • Bankers and their bonuses
    Brian Bell, John Van Reenen, February 2013
    Paper No' CEPOP35: Read Abstract | Full paper
    
    
  • Extreme Wage Inequality: Pay at the Very Top
    Brian Bell, John Van Reenen, February 2013
    Paper No' CEPOP34: Read Abstract | Full paper
    
    
  • A Trapped Factors Model of Innovation
    Nicholas Bloom, Paul Romer, Stephen Terry, John Van Reenen, February 2013
    Paper No' CEPDP1189: Read Abstract | Full paper
    
    
  • Investing for Prosperity: Skills, Infrastructure and Innovation
    Philippe Aghion, Timothy Besley, John Browne, Francesco Caselli, Richard Lambert, Rachel Lomax, Christopher Pissarides, Nick Stern, John Van Reenen, January 2013
    Paper No' CEPSP28: Read Abstract | Full paper
    
    
  • Carbon Taxes, Path Dependency and Directed Technical Change: Evidence from the Auto Industry
    Philippe Aghion, Antoine Dechezleprêtre, David Hemous, Ralf Martin, John Van Reenen, November 2012
    Paper No' CEPDP1178: Read Abstract | Full paper
    
    
  • Inequality and opportunity: the return of a neglected debate
    Stephen Machin, John Van Reenen, October 2012
    Paper No' CEPUSA004: Read Abstract | Full paper
    One page summary (available in Adobe PDF)
    
    
  • Economic Recovery and Policy Uncertainty
    Scott R. Baker, Nick Bloom, Steven J. Davis, John Van Reenen, October 2012
    Paper No' CEPUSA002: Read Abstract | Full paper
    One page summary (available in Adobe PDF)
    
    
  • Fiscal Consolidation During a Depression
    Nitika Bagaria, Dawn Holland, John Van Reenen, August 2012
    Paper No' CEPSP27: Read Abstract | Full paper
    This paper has been published as:
    National Institute Economic Review No. 221 July 2012
    
    
  • In brief: UK chief executives: paid for performance?
    Brian Bell, John Van Reenen, May 2012
    Paper No' CEPCP373: Read Abstract | Full paper
    This article summarises 'Firm Performance and Wages: Evidence from Across the Corporate Hierarchy;, Brian Bell and John Van Reenen, Centre for Economic Performance Discussion Paper No. 1088, May 2012
    
    
  • In brief: Two cheers for Anglo-Saxon financial markets?
    Philippe Aghion, John Van Reenen, Luigi Zingales, May 2012
    Paper No' CEPCP372: Read Abstract | Full paper
    This article summarises 'Innovation and Institutional Ownership' by Philippe Aghion, John Van Reenen and Luigi Zingales, Centre for Economic Performance Discussion Paper No. 911, February 2009
    
    
  • In brief: Can industrial policy boost jobs?
    Chiara Criscuolo, Ralf Martin, Henry Overman, John Van Reenen, May 2012
    Paper No' CEPCP370: Read Abstract | Full paper
    This article summarises 'The Causal Effects of an Industrial Policy' by Chiara Criscuolo, Ralf Martin, Henry Overman and John Van Reenen, Centre for Economic Performance Discussion Paper No. 1113, January 2012
    
    
  • Growth and productivity: UK economic performance since 1997
    Dan Corry, Anna Valero, John Van Reenen, May 2012
    Paper No' CEPCP366: Read Abstract | Full paper
    This article summarises 'UK Economic Performance Since 1997: Growth, Productivity and Jobs', by Dan Corry, Anna Valero and John Van Reenen, Centre for Economic Performance Special Paper No. 24, December 2011
    
    
  • Firm Size Distortions and the Productivity Distribution: Evidence from France
    Luis Garicano, Claire Lelarge, John Van Reenen, February 2012
    Paper No' CEPDP1128: Read Abstract | Full paper
    
    
  • Why Has China Grown So Fast? The Role of International Technology Transfer
    John Van Reenen, Linda Yueh, February 2012
    Paper No' CEPDP1121: Read Abstract | Full paper
    
    
  • The Causal Effects of an Industrial Policy
    Chiara Criscuolo, Ralf Martin, Henry G. Overman, John Van Reenen, January 2012
    Paper No' SERCDP0098: Read Abstract | Full paper
    
    
  • The Causal Effects of an Industrial Policy
    Chiara Criscuolo, Ralf Martin, Henry G. Overman, John Van Reenen, January 2012
    Paper No' CEPDP01113: Read Abstract | Full paper
    
    
  • UK Economic Performance Since 1997: Growth, Productivity and Jobs
    Dan Corry, Anna Valero, John Van Reenen, December 2011
    Paper No' CEPSP24: Read Abstract | Full paper
    More details on the research discussed here are in 'UK Economic Performance Since 1997: Growth, Productivity and Jobs' by Dan Corry, Anna Valero and John Van Reenen - a Report published by the Centre for Economic Performance in November 2011.
    
    
  • Management Practices Across Firms and Countries
    Nicholas Bloom, Christos Genakos, Raffaella Sadun, John Van Reenen, December 2011
    Paper No' CEPDP1109: Read Abstract | Full paper
    
    
  • Firm Performance and Wages: Evidence from Across the Corporate Hierarchy
    Brian Bell, John Van Reenen, November 2011
    Paper No' CEPDP1088: Read Abstract | Full paper
    
    
  • Big ideas: Innovation Policy
    John Van Reenen, October 2011
    Paper No' CEPCP346: Read Abstract | Full paper
    
    
  • The Land that Lean Manufacturing Forgot? Management Practices in Transition Countries
    Nicholas Bloom, Helena Schweiger, John Van Reenen, July 2011
    Paper No' CEPDP1065: Read Abstract | Full paper
    
    
  • Leveraging Monopoly Power by Degrading Interoperability: Theory and Evidence from Computer Markets
    Christos Genakos, Kai Uwe Kühn, John Van Reenen, July 2011
    Paper No' CEPDP1060: Read Abstract | Full paper
    
    
  • Big ideas: How competition improves management and productivity
    John Van Reenen, June 2011
    Paper No' CEPCP340: Read Abstract | Full paper
    
    
  • Youth unemployment
    Barbara Petrongolo, John Van Reenen, June 2011
    Paper No' CEPCP338: Read Abstract | Full paper
    
    
  • Wage Inequality,Technology and Trade: 21st Century Evidence
    John Van Reenen, May 2011
    Paper No' CEPOP28: Read Abstract | Full paper
    
    
  • In brief: Location, location, location: why geography matters for R&D
    John Van Reenen, March 2011
    Paper No' CEPCP332: Read Abstract | Full paper
    This article summarises 'Spillovers in Space: Does Geography Matter?' by Sergey Lychagin, Joris Pinkse, Margaret Slade and John Van Reenen, CEP Discussion Paper No. 991
    
    
  • In brief: Hospital performance: the impact of good management
    Nicholas Bloom, Stephen Dorgan, Rebecca Homkes, Dennis Layton, Raffaella Sadun, John Van Reenen, March 2011
    Paper No' CEPCP330: Read Abstract | Full paper
    This article summarises Management in Healthcare: Why Good Practice Really Matters by Stephen Dorgan, Dennis Layton, Nicholas Bloom, Rebecca Homkes, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen
    
    
  • Trade Induced Technical Change? The Impact of Chinese Imports on Innovation, IT and Productivity
    Nicholas Bloom, Mirko Draca, John Van Reenen, January 2011
    Paper No' CEPDP1000: Read Abstract | Full paper
    
    
  • Does Competition Raise Productivity Through Improving Management Quality?
    John Van Reenen, December 2010
    Paper No' CEPDP1036: Read Abstract | Full paper
    
    
  • The shrinking middle
    Guy Michaels, Ashwini Natraj, John Van Reenen, November 2010
    Paper No' CEPCP326: Read Abstract | Full paper
    This article summarises 'Has ICT Polarized Skill Demand? Evidence from Eleven Countries over 25 Years' by Guy Michaels, Ashwini Natraj and John Van Reenen, CEP Discussion Paper No. 987 (http://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/dp0987.pdf).
    
    
  • Chinese ghosts in the Western machine
    John Van Reenen, November 2010
    Paper No' CEPCP318: Read Abstract | Full paper
    This article summarises 'Trade Induced Technical Change:The Impact of Chinese Imports on Innovation and Productivity' by Nick Bloom, Mirko Draca and John Van Reenen, a forthcoming CEP Discussion Paper.
    
    
  • Why do Management Practices Differ Across Firms and Countries?
    Nick Bloom, John Van Reenen, September 2010
    Paper No' CEPOP26: Read Abstract | Full paper
    
    
  • The Impact of the Diffusion of a Financial Innovation on Company Performance: An Analysis of SWIFT Adoption
    Susan Scott, John Van Reenen, Markos Zachariadis, August 2010
    Paper No' CEPDP0992: Read Abstract | Full paper
    
    
  • Spillovers in Space: Does Geography Matter?
    Sergey Lychagin, Joris Pinkse, Margaret E. Slade, John Van Reenen, August 2010
    Paper No' CEPDP0991: Read Abstract | Full paper
    
    
  • Has ICT Polarized Skill Demand? Evidence from Eleven Countries over 25 Years
    Guy Michaels, Ashwini Natraj, John Van Reenen, June 2010
    Paper No' CEPDP0987: Read Abstract | Full paper
    
    
  • The Impact of Competition on Management Quality: Evidence from Public Hospitals
    Nicholas Bloom, Carol Propper, Stephan Seiler, John Van Reenen, May 2010
    Paper No' CEPDP0983: Read Abstract | Full paper
    
    
  • Human Resource Management and Productivity
    Nicholas Bloom, John Van Reenen, May 2010
    Paper No' CEPDP0982: Read Abstract | Full paper
    
    
  • Bankers' Pay and Extreme Wage Inequality in the UK
    Brian Bell, John Van Reenen, April 2010
    Paper No' CEPSP21: Read Abstract | Full paper
    
    
  • Inequality: Still Higher, But Labour's Policies Kept it Down
    Stephen Machin, John Van Reenen, April 2010
    Paper No' CEPEA015: Full paper
    Read Main Summary Points
    
    
  • Jobs and Youth Unemployment: It's bad, but not as bad as you might think
    Barbara Petrongolo, John Van Reenen, April 2010
    Paper No' CEPEA012: Full paper
    Read Main Summary Points
    
    
  • Recent Advances in the Empirics of Organizational Economics
    Nicholas Bloom, Raffaella Sadun, John Van Reenen, February 2010
    Paper No' CEPDP0970: Read Abstract | Full paper
    
    
  • New Approaches to Measuring Management and Firm Organization
    Nick Bloom, John Van Reenen, February 2010
    Paper No' CEPDP0969: Read Abstract | Full paper
    
    
  • Management practices in the NHS
    Nick Bloom, Carol Propper, Stephan Seiler, John Van Reenen, February 2010
    Paper No' CEPCP305: Read Abstract | Full paper
    
    
  • Does Product Market Competition Lead Firms to Decentralize?
    Nick Bloom, Raffaella Sadun, John Van Reenen, January 2010
    Paper No' CEPDP0966: Read Abstract | Full paper
    
    
  • In brief: Europe's top prize for economic research
    John Van Reenen, October 2009
    Paper No' CEPCP299: Read Abstract | Full paper
    
    
  • Bossonomics: the economics of management and productivity
    Nick Bloom, John Van Reenen, October 2009
    Paper No' CEPCP293: Read Abstract | Full paper
    For further reading: Nick Bloom and John Van Reenen (2007) 'Measuring and Explaining Management Practices across Firms and Countries', Quarterly Journal of Economics 122(4): 1351-1408 and published in an earlier version as CEP Discussion Paper No. 716
    
    
  • Do Private Equity Owned Firms Have Better Management Practices?
    Nick Bloom, Raffaella Sadun, John Van Reenen, July 2009
    Paper No' CEPOP24: Read Abstract | Full paper
    
    
  • The Organization of Firms Across Countries
    Nick Bloom, Raffaella Sadun, John Van Reenen, June 2009
    Paper No' CEPDP0937: Read Abstract | Full paper
    This paper has been published as:
    Quarterly Journal of Economics (2012) 127(4): 1663-1705
    
    
  • What if Congress Doubled R&D Spending on the Physical Sciences?
    Richard Freeman, John Van Reenen, May 2009
    Paper No' CEPDP0931: Read Abstract | Full paper
    
    
  • The Distinct Effects of Information Technology and Communication Technology on Firm Organization
    Nick Bloom, Luis Garicano, Raffaella Sadun, John Van Reenen, May 2009
    Paper No' CEPDP0927: Read Abstract | Full paper
    
    
  • Innovation and Institutional Ownership
    Philippe Aghion, John Van Reenen, Luigi Zingales, February 2009
    Paper No' CEPDP0911: Read Abstract | Full paper
    This paper has been published as:
    American Economic Review 2013, 103(1): 277–304
    
    
  • Interoperability and Market Foreclosure in the European Microsoft Case
    Kai Uwe Kühn, John Van Reenen, November 2008
    Paper No' EDSDP017: Full paper
    
    
  • Americans do I.T. Better: US Multinationals and the Productivity Miracle
    Nick Bloom, Raffaella Sadun, John Van Reenen, October 2008
    Paper No' EDSDP015: Full paper
    
    
  • In Brief: Can Pay Regulation Kill?
    John Van Reenen, May 2008
    Paper No' CEPCP251: Read Abstract | Full paper
    This article summarises 'Can Pay Regulation Kill? Panel Data Evidence on the Effect of Labour Markets on Hospital Performance' by Emma Hall, Carol Propper and John Van Reenen, CEP Discussion Paper No. 843
    
    
  • Big ideas: unemployment and welfare to work
    John Van Reenen, May 2008
    Paper No' CEPCP248: Read Abstract | Full paper
    
    
  • Interoperability and Market Foreclosure In the European Microsoft Case
    Kai Uwe Kühn, John Van Reenen, February 2008
    Paper No' CEPSP20: Read Abstract | Full paper
    
    
  • Capacity Constraints and Irreversible Investments: Defending Against Collective Dominance in UPM Kymmene/Norske Skog/Haindl
    Kai Uwe Kühn, John Van Reenen, February 2008
    Paper No' CEPSP19: Read Abstract | Full paper
    
    
  • Inequality of Individual Wages and the Dispersion of Firm Productivity
    Giulia Faggio, Kjell Salvanes, John Van Reenen, February 2008
    Paper No' CEPCP244: Read Abstract | Full paper
    This article summarises The Evolution of Inequality in Productivity and Wages: Panel Data Evidence by Giulia Faggio, Kjell Salvanes and John Van Reenen, CEP Discussion Paper No. 821
    
    
  • Is Distance Dying at Last?
    Rachel Griffith, Sokbae Lee, John Van Reenen, February 2008
    Paper No' CEPCP240: Read Abstract | Full paper
    This article summarises Is Distance Dying at Last? Falling Home Bias in Fixed Effects Models of Patent Citations by Rachel Griffith, Sokbae Lee and John Van Reenen, CEP Discussion Paper No. 818
    
    
  • Can Pay Regulation Kill? Panel Data Evidence on the Effect of Labor Markets on Hospital Performance
    Emma Hall, Carol Propper, John Van Reenen, January 2008
    Paper No' CEPDP0843: Read Abstract | Full paper
    This paper has been published as:
    "Can Pay Regulation Kill? Panel Data Evidence on the Effect of Labour Markets on Hospital Performance", Carol Propper and John Van Reenen, Journal of Political Economy (2010), Vol. 118, no. 2, 222-273
    
    
  • What drives good management around the world?
    Nick Bloom, Christos Genakos, Raffaella Sadun, John Van Reenen, October 2007
    Paper No' CEPCP234: Read Abstract | Full paper
    More details on this research can be found in 'Management Practice and Productivity:Why They Matter' by Nick Bloom, Stephen Dorgan, John Dowdy, Christos Genakos, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen, July 2007
    
    
  • The Evolution of Inequality in Productivity and Wages: Panel Data Evidence
    Giulia Faggio, Kjell Salvanes, John Van Reenen, August 2007
    Paper No' CEPDP0821: Read Abstract | Full paper
    This paper has been published as:
    Industrial and Corporate Change, 2010 19(6): 1919-1951
    
    
  • Is Distance Dying at Last? Falling Home Bias in Fixed Effects Models of Patent Citations
    Rachel Griffith, Sokbae Lee, John Van Reenen, August 2007
    Paper No' CEPDP0818: Read Abstract | Full paper
    
    
  • Privatization, Entry Regulation and the Decline of Labor's Share of GDP: A Cross-Country Analysis of the Network Industries
    Ghazala Azmat, Alan Manning, John Van Reenen, June 2007
    Paper No' CEPDP0806: Read Abstract | Full paper
    
    
  • In brief: Blair's Economic Legacy
    John Van Reenen, June  2007
    Paper No' CEPCP230: Read Abstract | Full paper
    
    
  • The European Commission versus Microsoft: Competition Policy in High-Tech Industries
    Christos Genakos, Kai Uwe Kühn, John Van Reenen, June  2007
    Paper No' CEPCP223: Read Abstract | Full paper
    This paper has been published as:
    The Incentives of a Monopolist to Degrade Interoperability: Theory and Evidence from the Personal Computer and Server Market by Christos Genakos, Kai Uwe Kühn and John Van Reenen, CEP mimeo
    'Some Economics of European Commission versus Microsoft' by Kai Uwe Kühn and John Van Reenen, forthcoming in Cases in European Competition Policy: The Economic Analysis edited by Bruce Lyons (Cambridge University Press).
    
    
  • Changes in Wage Inequality
    Stephen Machin, John Van Reenen, April 2007
    Paper No' CEPSP18: Read Abstract | Full paper
    
    
  • Americans Do I.T. Better: US Multinationals and the Productivity Miracle
    Nick Bloom, Raffaella Sadun, John Van Reenen, April 2007
    Paper No' CEPDP0788: Read Abstract | Full paper
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  • Productivity and ICT: A Review of the Evidence
    Mirko Draca, Raffaella Sadun, John Van Reenen, August 2006
    Paper No' CEPDP0749: Read Abstract | Full paper
    
    
  • Uncertainty and Investment Dynamics
    Nick Bloom, Stephen Bond, John Van Reenen, August 2006
    Paper No' CEPDP0739: Read Abstract | Full paper
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    This paper has been published as:
    'Uncertainty and Company Investment Dynamics: Empirical Evidence for UK firms' Nick Bloom Steve Bond and John Van Reenen, Review of Economic Studies (2007) 74, 391-415
    
    
  • Work-Life Balance: the Links with Management Practices and Productivity
    Nick Bloom, Tobias Kretschmer, John Van Reenen, June  2006
    Paper No' CEPCP202: Read Abstract | Full paper
    This article summarises 'Work-Life Balance, Management Practices and Productivity' by Nick Bloom, Tobias Kretschmer and John Van Reenen
    
    
  • Technology, Information and the Decentralization of the Firm
    Daron Acemoglu, Philippe Aghion, Claire Lelarge, John Van Reenen, Fabrizio Zilibotti, May 2006
    Paper No' CEPDP0722: Read Abstract | Full paper
    
    
  • Measuring and Explaining Management Practices Across Firms and Countries
    Nick Bloom, John Van Reenen, March 2006
    Paper No' CEPDP0716: Read Abstract | Full paper
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    This paper has been published as:
    "Measuring and Explaining Management Practices Across Firms and Nations", Nick Bloom and John Van Reenen, Quarterly Journal of Economics (2007) 122 (4), 1351-1408.
    
    
  • Minimum Wages and Firm Profitability
    Mirko Draca, Stephen Machin, John Van Reenen, February 2006
    Paper No' CEPDP0715: Read Abstract | Full paper
    
    
  • Work-Life Balance, Management Practices and Productivity
    Nick Bloom, Tobias Kretschmer, John Van Reenen, January 2006
    Paper No' CEPSP16: Read Abstract | Full paper
    
    
  • It Ain't what You Do, It's the Way that You Do I.T.
    Nick Bloom, Raffaella Sadun, John Van Reenen, December 2005
    Paper No' CEPCP188: Read Abstract | Full paper
    See also Nick Bloom, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen (2005), 'It Ain't What You Do, It's the Way that You Do I.T.:Testing Explanations of Productivity Growth using US Affiliates', Office for National Statistics
    
    
  • Information Technology and Productivity: It ain''t what you do it''s the way that you do I.T.
    Raffaella Sadun, John Van Reenen, October 2005
    Paper No' EDSDP002: Full paper
    
    
  • The Growth of Network Computing: Quality Adjusted Price Changes for Network Servers
    John Van Reenen, July 2005
    Paper No' CEPDP0702: Read Abstract | Full paper
    
    
  • Management Practices Across Firms and Nations
    Nick Bloom, Stephen Dorgan, John Dowdy, Tom Rippin, John Van Reenen, June 2005
    Paper No' CEPSP17: Full paper
    
    
  • Management Practices: the Impact on Company Performance
    Nick Bloom, Stephen Dorgan, John Dowdy, Tom Rippin, John Van Reenen, June  2005
    Paper No' CEPCP177: Read Abstract | Full paper
    This article summarises 'Management Practices across Firms and Nations' by Nick Bloom, Stephen Dorgan, John Dowdy,Tom Rippin and John Van Reenen
    
    
  • New Survey Evidence on Recent Changes in UK Union Recognition
    Jo Blanden, Stephen Machin, John Van Reenen, May 2005
    Paper No' CEPDP0685: Read Abstract | Full paper
    
    
  • Identifying Technology Spillovers and Product Market Rivalry
    Nicholas Bloom, Mark Schankerman, John Van Reenen, February 2005
    Paper No' CEPDP0675: Read Abstract | Full paper
    
    
  • The Impact of Training on Productivity and Wages: Evidence from British Panel Data
    Lorraine Dearden, Howard Reed, John Van Reenen, February 2005
    Paper No' CEPDP0674: Read Abstract | Full paper
    
    
  • In brief: Boffins in the USA: the Boost to UK Productivity
    Rachel Griffith, Rupert Harrison, John Van Reenen, February 2005
    Paper No' CEPCP169: Read Abstract | Full paper
    This article summarises 'How Special is the Special Relationship? Using the Impact of US R&D Spillovers on UK Firms as a Test of Technology Sourcing' by Rachel Griffith, Rupert Harrison and John Van Reenen, CEP Discussion Paper No. 659
    
    
  • Identifying technology spillovers and product market rivalry
    Nick Bloom, Mark Schankerman, John Van Reenen, January 2005
    Paper No' EI 40: Read Abstract | Full paper
    
    
  • How Special is the Special Relationship? Using the Impact of US R&D Spillovers on UK Firms as a Test of Technology Sourcing
    Rachel Griffith, Rupert Harrison, John Van Reenen, November 2004
    Paper No' CEPDP0659: Read Abstract | Full paper
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    This paper has been published as:
    'How Special Is the Special Relationship? Using the Impact of U.S. R&D Spillovers on U.K. Firms as a Test of Technology Sourcing' Rachel Griffith, Rupert Harrison and John Van Reenen, The American Economic Review Vol. 96, No. 5, December 2006
    
    
  • The Internationalisation of Public Welfare Policy
    James Banks, R Disney, Alan Duncan, John Van Reenen, November 2004
    Paper No' CEPDP0656: Read Abstract | Full paper
    
    
  • Is There a Market for Work Group Servers? Evaluating Market Level Demand Elasticities Using Micro and Macro Models
    John Van Reenen, September 2004
    Paper No' CEPDP0650: Read Abstract | Full paper
    
    
  • Working Better
    John Van Reenen, June  2004
    Paper No' CEPCP157: Read Abstract | Full paper
    This article is an edited version of a speech John Van Reenen made at a seminar on productivity in London on 15 March 2004, jointly hosted by McKinsey & Co and the LSE.
    
    
  • Corporate R&D and Productivity in Germany and the United Kingdom
    Stephen Bond, Dietmar Harhoff, John Van Reenen, December 2003
    Paper No' CEPDP0599: Read Abstract | Full paper
    
    
  • Investment, R&D and Financial Constraints in Britain and Germany
    Stephen Bond, Dietmar Harhoff, John Van Reenen, December 2003
    Paper No' CEPDP0595: Read Abstract | Full paper
    
    
  • Measuring the Cost Effectiveness of an R&D Tax Credit for the UK
    Rachel Griffith, Stephen Redding, John Van Reenen, September 2001
    Paper No' CEPDP0509: Read Abstract | Full paper
    
    
  • Technological Innovation and Performance in the United Kingdom
    Stephen Nickell, John Van Reenen, January 2001
    Paper No' CEPDP0488: Read Abstract | Full paper
    
    
  • The Returns to Education: A Review of the Macro-Economic Literature
    Barbara Sianesi, John Van Reenen, November 2000
    Paper No' CEEDP0006: Full paper
    
    
  • Mapping the Two Faces of R&D: Productivity Growth in a Panel of OECD Industries
    Rachel Griffith, Stephen Redding, John Van Reenen, May 2000
    Paper No' CEPDP0458: Read Abstract | Full paper
    
    
  • Bridging the Productivity Gap
    Rachel Griffith, Stephen Redding, John Van Reenen, October  1999
    Paper No' CEPCP080:
    
    
  • Technology and Changes in Skill Structure: Evidence from an International Panel of Industries
    Stephen Machin, A Ryan, John Van Reenen, May 1996
    Paper No' CEPDP0297: Read Abstract
    
    
  • The Economic Effects of Multiple Unionism: Evidence from the 1984 Workplace Industrial Relations Survey
    Stephen Machin, M Stewart, John Van Reenen, February 1992
    Paper No' CEPDP0066: Read Abstract
    
    

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