Recent work by Nicholas Bloom
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Management matters. But only when the market rewards it.
In Mexico, better management improves firm efficiency, but a range of factors limit well-managed firms from expanding and gaining market share – reducing firms’ incentives to upgrade their practices.
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How remote work can broaden recruitment and boost productivity
Using detailed data from a major call centre in Turkey, we find that a permanent shift to fully remote work boosts recruitment and productivity without harming service quality. Not only did this increase the share of female and small-town workers, bu...
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Do management interventions last?
Management interventions are shown to have significant and positive short-term effects. But do these effects still persist 8 years later?
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Do management interventions last? Evidence from India
The positive effects of improving management systems persist nine years after management consulting support was provided
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Immigration fears and policy uncertainty
Indices for the US, UK, France, and Germany show that recent levels of concern and uncertainty in European countries about migration are unprecedented
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“The Office” goes to India: How bad management keeps India poor
Better management of Indian firms could lead to massive improvements in productivity and performance