What works in training entrepreneurs? The first VoxDevLit highlights the role of research in generating innovation in approaches to training entrepreneurs Firms Christopher Woodruff David McKenzie Published 01.12.20
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 Firms Jing Cai Shing-Yi Wang Published 23.10.20
Technology rental and small firm productivity in urban Uganda Rental markets for large machines between small firms allow them to achieve economies of scale, increasing mechanisation and aggregate productivity Firms Vittorio Bassi Raffaela Muoio Tommaso Porzio Ritwika Sen Esau Tugume Published 16.10.20
Data revolution: Transforming Sierra Leone How a collaboration between the IGC and policymakers in Sierra Leone reduced barriers to trade and helped local businesses export their goods Firms Published 30.09.20
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 Firms Girum Abebe Marcel Fafchamps Michael Koelle Simon Quinn Published 18.09.20
Using social connections to solve coordination failure: Evidence from assembly lines in India An experiment in garment factories suggests that stronger social connections among co-workers can enhance coordination when incentives are group-based Firms Farzana Afridi Amrita Dhillon Sherry Li Swati Sharma Published 16.07.20
In the eyes of the beholder: How do artisans set prices for their products Artisans who are attached to their creative output offer discounts to discerning buyers, even when these buyers have a high willingness to pay Firms Aruna Ranganathan Published 13.07.20
Boosting firm productivity through joining multinational supply chains Domestic firms that start supplying to multinational corporations see their productivity grow between 6% and 9% Firms Alonso Alfaro Ureña Isabela Manelici Jose P. Vasquez Published 19.06.20
Market power versus supply chain regulations: Lessons from Bangladesh A ban on intermediary oil traders, intended to reduce their market power, backfired: prices rose 10% as wholesalers lost intermediary trade credit Firms Shahe Emran Dilip Mookherjee Forhad Shilpi M. Helal Uddin Published 01.05.20
