Do Management Interventions Last? Evidence from India
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
vol. 12,
no. 2, April 2020
(pp. 198-219)
Abstract
We revisited Indian weaving firms nine years after a randomized experiment that changed their management practices. While about half of the practices adopted in the original experimental plants had been dropped, there was still a large and significant gap in practices between the treatment and control plants, suggesting lasting impacts of effective management interventions. Few practices had spread across the firms in the study, but many had spread within firms. Managerial turnover and the lack of director time were two of the most cited reasons for the drop in management practices, highlighting the importance of key employees.Citation
Bloom, Nicholas, Aprajit Mahajan, David McKenzie, and John Roberts. 2020. "Do Management Interventions Last? Evidence from India." American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 12 (2): 198-219. DOI: 10.1257/app.20180369Additional Materials
JEL Classification
- D22 Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis
- D24 Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity
- L67 Other Consumer Nondurables: Clothing, Textiles, Shoes, and Leather Goods; Household Goods; Sports Equipment
- L84 Personal, Professional, and Business Services
- M11 Production Management
- O14 Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology
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