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The Agenda:
The power of good management

30 January 2013

One of my pet causes is the importance of good management. Nicholas Bloom and John Van Reenen have observed that management quality can account much of the persistent difference in productivity across firms in a given sector, and indeed for much of the productivity gap across countries. And so promoting the diffusion of good management practices is arguably one of the best things policymakers can do.

This article was published in The Agenda online on January 30, 2013
Link to article

Related publications
'Management Practices Across Firms and Countries', Nicholas Bloom, Christos Genakos, Rafaella Sadun and John Van Reenen, CEP Discussion Paper No.1109, December 2011

Related links
Nicholas Bloom webpage
Christos Genakos webpage
Rafaella Sadun webpage
John Van Reenen webpage
Productivity and Innovation Programme webpage

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