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Family-run firms are Britain's 'weak economic link
1 December 2011
Professor John Van Reenen, director of the LSE’s Centre for Economic Performance, told The Telegraph that management quality was "highly linked" to productivity and profits, and that second- and third-generation firms typically had weaker management than peers run by hired hands.
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Related Publications
Related publications
Nick Bloom and John Van Reenen (2007) ‘Measuring and Explaining Management Practices across Firms and Countries’, Quarterly Journal of Economics 122(4):
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‘Measuring and Explaining Management Practices Across Firms and Countries’, Nick Bloom and John Van Reenen, Centre for Economic Performance Discussion Paper No. 716, March 2006
Related Links
Productivity and Innovation Research Webpage
John Van Reenen webpage