Does competition raise productivity through improving management quality?

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 306-316

  Van Reenen, John ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Management; Organization; Productivity

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION; LARGE-SCALE DATABASE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MANAGEMENT QUALITY; ORGANIZATION;

COMPETITION; PRODUCTIVITY;

MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79955475911     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2011.02.001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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