Management
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How financial education of managers can help improve firm practices: Evidence from Mozambique
Low-cost interventions such as executive education courses can improve firms’ financial practices and decision making, and trigger economic development
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Improving management through worker feedback: Auto-manufacturing in China
Letting workers provide feedback on their managers leads to significant reductions in worker turnover and increases in team productivity
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Learning management through matching: Experimental evidence from Ethiopia
Evidence from Ethiopia shows that interning in a management role for a month leads to higher wage earnings and can help some people run profitable businesses
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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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What is holding firms back?
Chris Woodruff explains why improving management practices is critical for the growth of the private sector in developing countries.
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A family affair: Are dynastic CEOs worse managers?
Dynastic family CEO successions lead to worse management. How can this be improved?
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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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What is holding firms back?
Chris Woodruff explains why improving management practices is critical for the growth of the private sector in developing countries.
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Using consulting to improve managerial capital for SMEs
Improving managerial capital for SMEs in emerging markets also improves productivity, return on assets, and entrepreneurial spirit