Replication data for: The Long-Term Effects of Management and Technology Transfers

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Project Citation:

Giorcelli, Michela. Replication data for: The Long-Term Effects of Management and Technology Transfers. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2019. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E113184V1

Project Description

Summary: This paper examines the long-run causal effects of management on firm performance. Under the Productivity Program (1952–1958), the US organized management-training trips for Italian managers to U.S. firms and granted technologically advanced machines to Italian companies. I exploit an unexpected budget cut that reduced the number of participating firms and find that, compared to businesses excluded by the budget cut: performance of Italian firms that sent their managers to the US increased for at least fifteen years after the program; performance of companies that received new machines increased, but flattened out over time; management and new machines were complementary.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms: Management; Firm Performance

JEL Classification:
      F23 Multinational Firms; International Business
      L25 Firm Performance: Size, Diversification, and Scope
      M16 International Business Administration
      M54 Personnel Economics: Labor Management
      N34 Economic History: Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy: Europe: 1913-
      N64 Economic History: Manufacturing and Construction: Europe: 1913-
      O33 Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes

Geographic Coverage: Italy

Time Period(s): 1946 – 1973

Data Type(s): survey data; other:

Methodology

Unit(s) of Observation: Firm,

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