Does Management Matter in schools?

Economic Journal

Volumn 125, Issue 584, 2015, Pages 647-674

  Bloom, Nicholas ^a   Lemos, Renata ^b   Sadun, Raffaella ^c   Van Reenen, John ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; GOVERNMENT RELATIONS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SECONDARY EDUCATION;

BRAZIL; CANADA; GERMANY; INDIA; ITALY; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84929783439     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecoj.12267     Document Type: Article

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