Who should - and shouldn't - Run the family business

McKinsey Quarterly

Volumn , Issue 3, 2006, Pages 13-15

  Dorgan, Stephen J ^a   Dowdy, John J ^a   Rippin, Thomas M ^a  

^a MCKINSEY AND COMPANY   (United States)

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EID: 33748923288     PISSN: 00475394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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References (3)

1. Nick Bloom and John Van Reenen, "Measuring and explaining management practices across firms and countries," National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), working paper 12216, May 2006 (http://papers.nber.org).
2. Stephen J. Dorgan, John J. Dowdy, and Thomas M. Rippin, "The link between management and productivity," The McKinsey Quarterly, Web exclusive, February 2006 (www.mckinseyquarterly.com/links/22294).
3. To determine the scores, we interviewed as many as two senior managers at each company about 18 topics in three broad areas of management practice: shop floor operations, target setting and performance management, and talent management. We found that an improvement of one point in management scores correlated with an improvement of six percentage points in total factor productivity.