Measuring and explaining management practices across firms and countries

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1351-1408

  Bloom, Nicholas ^a   Van Reenen, John ^a  

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EID: 37249060605     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/qjec.2007.122.4.1351     Document Type: Review

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