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Firms with more structured management practices are more productive, innovative and have faster employment growth

21 May 2014

In 2010, the US Census Bureau conducted the first large-scale survey of management practices in America, gathering data on more than 30,000 manufacturing plants. Nicholas Bloom and colleagues find strong links between establishments performance and the quality of their systems of monitoring, targets and incentives.

This article was published by the LSE USA Politics and Policy blog on May 21, 2014
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Related Publications
In brief: Management in America, Nicholas Bloom, Erik Brynjolfsson, Lucia Foster, Ron Jarmin, Megha Patnaik, Itay Saporta-Eksten and John Van Reenen. Article in CentrePiece, 19 (1) Spring 2014
'IT and Management in America', Nicholas Bloom, Erik Brynjolfsson, Lucia Foster, Ron Jarmin, Megha Patnaik, Itay Saporta-Eksten and John Van Reenen, Centre for Economic Performance Discussion Paper No.1258, February 2014.

Related Links
Nick Bloom webpage
John Van Reenen webpage
Productivity and Innovation Programme webpage

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