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Do Private Equity Owned Firms Have Better Management Practices?

Bloom, Nicholas, Sadun, Raffaella, Van Reenen, John·2015·American Economic Review
DOI 10.1257/aer.p20151000
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Using an innovative survey measure of management practices on over 15,000 firms, we find private equity firms are better managed than government, family, and privately owned firms, and have similar management to publicly listed firms. This is true both in developed and developing countries. Looking at management practices in detail we find that private equity owned firms have strong people management practices (hiring, firing, pay, and promotions), but even stronger monitoring management practices (lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, and monitoring). Plant managers working in private equity owned firms also report greater autonomy from headquarters over sales, marketing, and new product introduction.

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Authors
Bloom, N., Sadun, R., & Van Reenen, J.
Venue
American Economic Review
Publisher
American Economic Association
Published
2015-05-01
Volume
105
Issue
5
Pages
442-446
ISSN
0002-8282 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1257/aer.p20151000
OpenAlex
W1533803515
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259
References
21
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117.89
Type
journal article
Language
en
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