International Differences in the Business Practices and Productivity of Firms
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Acknowledgments
Introduction
Richard B. Freeman and Kathryn L. Shaw
I. Cross- Firm Studies
1. Work- Life Balance, Management Practices, and Productivity
Nick Bloom, Tobias Kretschmer, and John Van Reenen
2. International Differences in the Adoption and Impact of New Information Technologies and New HR Practices: The Valve- Making Industry in the United States and United Kingdom
Ann Bartel, Casey Ichniowski, Kathryn L. Shaw, and Ricardo Correa
3. The Guy at the Controls: Labor Quality and Power Plant Efficiency
James B. Bushnell and Catherine Wolfram
II. Within- Firm Studies
4. Labor Practices and Outcomes across Countries: Analysis of a Single Multinational Firm
Richard B. Freeman, Douglas Kruse, and Joseph Blasi
5. Within-firm Labor Productivity across Countries: A Case Study
Francine Lafontaine and Jagadeesh Sivadasan
6. Productivity Differences in an International Pharmaceutical Firm
Tor Eriksson and Niels Westergaard-Nielsen
7. Measuring the Productivity of Software Development in a Globally Distributed Company
Alec Levenson
8. International Differences in Lean Production, Productivity, and Employee Attitudes
Susan Helper and Morris M. Kleiner
Contributors
Author Index
Subject Index
Economics and Business: Business--Business Economics and Management Studies | Business--Industry and Labor | Economics--International and Comparative
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