Research Catalog

Title

International differences in the business practices and productivity of firms / edited by Richard B. Freeman and Kathryn L. Shaw.

Publication

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Freeman, Richard B. (Richard Barry), 1943-
• Shaw, Kathryn.

Description

ix, 272 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Series Statement

A National Bureau of Economic Research conference report

Uniform Title

National Bureau of Economic Research conference report.

Subjects

• International business enterprises
• Industrial management
• Industrial productivity

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

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 -- 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.

ISBN

• 9780226261942 (alk. paper)
• 0226261948 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2008048152

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries