Do Management Interventions Last? : Evidence from an Experiment in India

Between 2008 and 2010, the authors worked with a leading global consulting company to attempt to improve management in Indian textile firms. They conducted a randomized experiment involving 28 plants in 17 firms in the woven cotton fabric industry....

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Main Authors:	Bloom, Nicholas, Mahajan, Aprajit, McKenzie, David, Roberts, John
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:	MANAGEMENT INTERVENTION EXPERIMENTAL TREATMENT PRODUCTIVITY INCREASE FIRM PERFORMANCE OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/997401518703102725/Do-management-interventions-last-evidence-from-an-experiment-in-India http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29442

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spelling	okr-10986-294422021-05-25T10:54:34Z Do Management Interventions Last? : Evidence from an Experiment in India Bloom, Nicholas Mahajan, Aprajit McKenzie, David Roberts, John MANAGEMENT INTERVENTION EXPERIMENTAL TREATMENT PRODUCTIVITY INCREASE FIRM PERFORMANCE OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS Between 2008 and 2010, the authors worked with a leading global consulting company to attempt to improve management in Indian textile firms. They conducted a randomized experiment involving 28 plants in 17 firms in the woven cotton fabric industry. These were large firms, with an average of 270 employees, and a median of two plants per firm. The authors interviewed the directors and plant managers about each of the 38 management practices to understand why practices were adopted or dropped over time. They find the treated firms to be using more looms and fewer workers over time, although neither is statistically significant. Finally, the results provide an illustration of the usefulness of returning to projects long after the intervention has ended. 2018-03-08T17:53:04Z 2018-03-08T17:53:04Z 2018-02 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/997401518703102725/Do-management-interventions-last-evidence-from-an-experiment-in-India http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29442 English Finance & PSD Impact;No. 47 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief South Asia India
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description	Between 2008 and 2010, the authors worked with a leading global consulting company to attempt to improve management in Indian textile firms. They conducted a randomized experiment involving 28 plants in 17 firms in the woven cotton fabric industry. These were large firms, with an average of 270 employees, and a median of two plants per firm. The authors interviewed the directors and plant managers about each of the 38 management practices to understand why practices were adopted or dropped over time. They find the treated firms to be using more looms and fewer workers over time, although neither is statistically significant. Finally, the results provide an illustration of the usefulness of returning to projects long after the intervention has ended.
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author	Bloom, Nicholas Mahajan, Aprajit McKenzie, David Roberts, John
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title	Do Management Interventions Last? : Evidence from an Experiment in India
title_short	Do Management Interventions Last? : Evidence from an Experiment in India
title_full	Do Management Interventions Last? : Evidence from an Experiment in India
title_fullStr	Do Management Interventions Last? : Evidence from an Experiment in India
title_full_unstemmed	Do Management Interventions Last? : Evidence from an Experiment in India
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publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2018
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/997401518703102725/Do-management-interventions-last-evidence-from-an-experiment-in-India http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29442
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Do Management Interventions Last? : Evidence from an Experiment in India

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