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 ...

Manufacturing revolutions: The role of industrial policy in South Korea’s industrialisation

South Korea’s industrial policy in the late 1970s played a critical role in forging its modern economy. Are there lessons for the developing world?...

Estimating productivity spillovers among firm networks in Indonesia

Clustering of firms in Indonesia only leads to substantial productivity spillovers in a few industries, suggesting the need to review cluster policies...

The cost of labour regulations in India

We inform the debate on labour regulations in India by costing their burden on firms and studying the role corruption plays in increasing these costs...

On the role of misallocation in aggregate productivity

Misallocation, a key cause of productivity disparities across nations, is the result of many factors, making it difficult to isolate policy solutions...

The skills to pay the bills: Returns to on-the-job soft skills training

In a randomised controlled trial in India, the returns to a firm’s investment in worker soft skill training were nearly 250% after nine months...