The Economist:
Fear and favour
20 July 2016
A paper by Nick Bloom of Stanford University and others shows that the David Brents can learn from the Jack Welches: when they take over British firms, American multinationals bring better technology and practices, lifting productivity by up to 10%.
This article was published by The Economist on July 20, 2016
Link to article here
Related publications
Management Practices Across Firms and Countries, Nicholas Bloom, Christos Genakos, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen, Centre for Economic Performance Discussion Paper No.1109, December 2011
Management Practices: the impact on company performance, Nicholas Bloom, Stephen Dorgan, John Dowdy, Tom Rippin and John Van Reenen. Article in CentrePiece Volume 10, Issue 2, Summer 2005
Related links
Nicholas Bloom webpage
Christos Genakos webpage
Raffaella Sadun webpage
John Van Reenen webpage
Growth Programme webpage