Feyrer, J. [28] | 1960-2000 | United States | Cobb Douglas Production Function | Examines management changes caused by the entry of the baby boom, explain productivity slowdown in 1970s and resurgence in 1990s | The management effects of the baby boom may explain roughly 20 percent of the observed productivity slowdown and resurgence |
Sav, G. T. [19] | 2005-09 | United States | DEA, Malmquist index | Investigate the extent to which universities underwent productivity change, due to managerial performance | Managerial efficiency tended to hamper productivity gains but, on the positive side, showed slight improvements over time |
Sharma, S.; Singh, N. [29] | 1973/74 to 2001/02 | India | system GMM | Explores the impacts of skill composition, the use of imported intermediate inputs, ownership and organizational form on the productivity | Finds some evidence that access to financial capital, electric power from the grid, and skilled workers all matter |
Baltagi, B. H., Egger, P. H., & Kesina, M. [22] | 2004-2006 | China | Cobb Douglas Production function approach, fixed effects, random effects | Investigates intra-sectoral spillovers in TFP and model output by the firm as a function of skilled and unskilled labor, capital, materials, and TFP | Finds evidence of positive spillovers and a significant detrimental effect of public ownership on TFP |
Alder, S. D. [24] | 1994-2010 | United States | Cobb Douglas Production Function, Robert’s law | Explores managers as a source of variation in aggregate output and TFP | Executive talent does not contribute to the dispersion in US firm sizes and the misallocation of talent has inconsequential aggregate effects |
Bloom, N. & Sadun, R. & Van Reenen, J. [30] | Survey waves in 2004, 2006, 2009/10, 2013, and 2014 | 34 countries | Surveys, Cobb Douglas Production Function, MAT model | Investigates whether management practices akin to a technology that can explain company and national productivity | Differences in management practices account for about 30% of cross-country total factor productivity differences. |