JEL classification

Journal of Economic Literature Classification (10696) L - Industrial Organization (954) L2 - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior (365) L25 - Firm Performance: Size, Diversification and Scope, Age, Profit, and Sales (90)
Number of items at this level: 90.
Article
  • Adams, Renee B., Almeida, Heitor, Ferreira, Daniel (2005). Powerful CEOs and their impact on corporate performance. Review of Financial Studies, 18(4), 1403-1432. https://doi.org/10.1093/rfs/hhi030
  • Aghion, Philippe, Bergeaud, Antonin, Van Reenen, John (2023). The impact of regulation on innovation. American Economic Review, 113(11), 2894 - 2936. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20210107 picture_as_pdf
  • Asaria, Miqdad, Mcguire, Alistair, Street, Andrew (2022). The impact of management on hospital performance. Fiscal Studies, 43(1), 79 - 95. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-5890.12293 picture_as_pdf
  • Atkeson, Andrew G., Irie, Magnus (2022). Rapid dynamics of top wealth shares and self-made fortunes what is the role of family firms? American Economic Review: Insights, 4(4), 409-424. https://doi.org/10.1257/aeri.20210560
  • Bajgar, Matej, Criscuolo, Chiara, Timmis, Jonathan (2025). Intangibles and industry concentration: a cross-country analysis. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, https://doi.org/10.1111/obes.12659 picture_as_pdf
  • Bennett, Robert J., Smith, Harry, Montebruno, Piero, van Lieshout, Carry (2022). Changes in Victorian entrepreneurship in England and Wales 1851-1911: methodology and business population estimates. Business History, 64(7), 1211 - 1243. https://doi.org/10.1080/00076791.2021.1894134 picture_as_pdf
  • Bennett, Robert J, Smith, Harry, Montebruno, Piero, Van Lieshout, Carry (2022). Profitability of small- and medium-sized enterprises in Marshall’s time: sector and spatial heterogeneity in the nineteenth century. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 46(1), 219 - 249. https://doi.org/10.1093/cje/beab055 picture_as_pdf
  • Berlingieri, Giuseppe, Calligaris, Sara, Criscuolo, Chiara, Verlhac, Rudy (2024). Last but not least: laggard firms, technology diffusion, and its structural and policy determinants. International Economic Review, https://doi.org/10.1111/iere.12748 picture_as_pdf
  • Bernard, Andrew B., Redding, Stephen, Schott, Peter K. (2010). Multiple-product firms and product switching. American Economic Review, 100(1), 70-97. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.100.1.70
  • Bettiol, Marco, Capestro, Mauro, Di Maria, Eleonora, Ganau, Roberto (2024). Is this time different?: how Industry 4.0 affects firms' labor productivity. Small Business Economics, 62(4), 1449-1467. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-023-00825-8 picture_as_pdf
  • Blanden, Jo, Machin, Steve, Van Reenen, John (2006). Have unions turned the corner? New evidence on recent trends in union recognition in UK firms. British Journal of Industrial Relations, 44(2), 169-190. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8543.2006.00493.x
  • Bloom, Nicholas, Van Reenen, John (2010). Why do management practices differ across firms and countries? Journal of Economic Perspectives, 24(1), 203 - 224. https://doi.org/10.1257/jep.24.1.203
  • Bloom, Nicholas, Brynjolfsson, Erik, Foster, Lucia, Jarmin, Ron, Patnaik, Megha, Saporta-Eksten, Itay, Van Reenen, John (2019). What drives differences in management practices? American Economic Review, 109(5), 1648 - 1683. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20170491 picture_as_pdf
  • Bloom, Nicholas, Draca, Mirko, Van Reenen, John (2021). A reply to Campbell and Mau. Review of Economic Studies, 88(5), 2560 – 2563. https://doi.org/10.1093/restud/rdab007 picture_as_pdf
  • Blundell, Jack, Duchini, Emma, Simion, Ştefania, Turrell, Arthur (2025). Pay transparency and gender equality. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 17(2), 418 - 445. https://doi.org/10.1257/pol.20220766 picture_as_pdf
  • Bryce, David J., Winter, Sidney G. (2009). A general interindustry relatedness index. Management Science, 55(9), 1570-1585. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.1090.1040
  • Bryson, Alex, Forth, John, Laroche, Patrice (2011). Evolution or revolution? The impact of unions on workplace performance in Britain and France. European Journal of Industrial Relations, 17(2), 171-187. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959680111400907
  • Calvino, Flavio, Criscuolo, Chiara, Menon, Carlo, Secchi, Angelo (2018). Growth volatility and size: a firm-level study. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 90, 390-407. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jedc.2018.04.001
  • Covas, Francisco, Den Haan, Wouter J. (2011). The cyclical behavior of debt and equity finance. American Economic Review, 101(2), 877-899. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.101.2.877
  • Criscuolo, Chiara, Martin, Ralf, Overman, Henry G., Van Reenen, John (2019). Some causal effects of an industrial policy. American Economic Review, 109(1), 48-85. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20160034
  • Cuñat, Vicente, Giné, Mireia, Guadalupe, Maria (2016). Say pays! Shareholder voice and firm performance. Review of Finance, 20(5), 1799 - 1834. https://doi.org/10.1093/rof/rfv056
  • Daidone, Silvio, D'Amico, Francesco (2009). Technical efficiency, specialization and ownership form: evidences from a pooling of Italian hospitals. Journal of Productivity Analysis, 32(3), 203-216. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11123-009-0137-7
  • Denti, Daria, Iammarino, Simona (2025). Forced labour in manufacturing and the local industry structure: the case of Italy. Journal of Economic Geography, 25(6), 831 - 851. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbaf028 picture_as_pdf
  • Drexler, Alejandro, Fischer, Gregory, Schoar, Antoinette (2014). Keeping it simple: financial literacy and rules of thumb. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 6(2), 1-31. https://doi.org/10.1257/app.6.2.1
  • Drugov, Mikhail, Macchiavello, Rocco (2014). Financing experimentation. American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 6(1), 315-349. https://doi.org/10.1257/mic.6.1.315
  • Emmott, Emily H., Ihara, Yasuo, Tokumasu, Yudai, Nozaki, Mari, Saito, Atsuko, Kawamoto, Tetsuya, Ito, Shingo, Hassan, Anushé, Brown, Laura J. & Dennett, Thea et al (2025). Adolescence as a key period of identity development and connectedness: a comparative autophotography study in England and Japan. Journal of Adolescent Research, https://doi.org/10.1177/07435584251349497 picture_as_pdf
  • Eppinger, Peter S., Neugebauer, Katja (2022). External financial dependence and firms' crisis performance across Europe. Empirical Economics, 62(2), 887 - 904. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00181-021-02025-3 picture_as_pdf
  • Federico, Stefano, Hassan, Fadi, Rappoport, Veronica (2025). Trade shocks and credit reallocation. American Economic Review, 115(4), 1142-1169. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20200704 picture_as_pdf
  • Felli, Leonardo, Villas-Boas, J. Miguel (2000). Renegotiation and collusion in organizations. Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 9(4), 453-483. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1430-9134.2000.00453.x
  • Fitjar, Rune Dahl, Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés (2020). Where cities fail to triumph: the impact of urban location and local collaboration on innovation in Norway. Journal of Regional Science, 60(1), 5 - 32. https://doi.org/10.1111/jors.12461 description
  • Foreman-Peck, James, Hannah, Leslie (2025). Business forms and business performance in UK manufacturing 1871–81. Economic History Review, 78(4), 1231 - 1254. https://doi.org/10.1111/ehr.13392 picture_as_pdf
  • Forlani, Emanuele, Martin, Ralf, Mion, Giordano, Muûls, Mirabelle (2023). Unraveling firms: demand, productivity and markups heterogeneity. Economic Journal, 133(654), 2251 - 2302. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/uead031
  • Garicano, Luis, Lelargez, Claire, Van Reenen, John (2016). Firm size distortions and the productivity distribution: evidence from France. American Economic Review, 106(11), 3439-3479. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20130232
  • Imperatore, Claudia, Pope, Peter F. (2024). Do tenure‐based voting rights help mitigate the family firm control‐growth dilemma? Strategic Management Journal, 45(11), 2257 - 2274. https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.3630 picture_as_pdf
  • Jabbour, Liza, Tao, Zhigang, Vanino, Enrico, Zhang, Yan (2018). The good, the bad and the ugly: Chinese imports, European Union anti-dumping measures and firm performance. Journal of International Economics, 117, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2018.12.004 picture_as_pdf
  • López-Acevedo, Gladys, Tinajero-Bravo, Mónica (2013). Evaluating different types of enterprise support programs using panel firm data: evidence from the Mexican manufacturing sector. Economía, 14(1), 1 - 32. https://doi.org/10.31389/eco.96 picture_as_pdf
  • Meager, Rachael (2022). Aggregating distributional treatment effects: a Bayesian hierarchical analysis of the microcredit literature. American Economic Review, 112(6), 1818 - 1847. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20181811 picture_as_pdf
  • Mertens, Matthias, Mottironi, Bernardo (2025). Do larger firms exert more market power? Markups and markdowns along the size distribution. Economics Letters, 255, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2025.112500 picture_as_pdf
  • Naritomi, Joana (2019). Consumers as tax auditors. American Economic Review, 109(9), 3031 - 3072. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20160658 picture_as_pdf
  • Nezlobin, Alexander, Rajan, Madhav V., Reichelstein, Stefan (2016). Structural properties of the price-to-earnings and price-to-book ratios. Review of Accounting Studies, 21(2), 438 - 472. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11142-016-9356-0
  • Roberts, Mark J., Yi Xu, Daniel, Fan, Xiaoyan, Zhang, Shengxing (2018). The role of firm factors in demand, cost, and export market selection for Chinese footwear producers. Review of Economic Studies, 85(4), 2429 - 2461. https://doi.org/10.1093/restud/rdx066 picture_as_pdf
  • Thomas, Catherine (2011). Too many products: decentralized decision making in multinational firms. American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 3(1), 280-306. https://doi.org/10.1257/mic.3.1.280
  • Zucman, Gabriel (2014). Taxing across borders: tracking personal wealth and corporate profits. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 28(4), 121-148. https://doi.org/10.1257/jep.28.4.121
    • Book
  • Sorensen, Carsten (2011). Enterprise mobility: tiny technology with global impact on work. Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Conference or Workshop Item
  • Schiraldi, Pasquale (2006-04-07 - 2006-04-09) Dynamic Bertrand competition, semi-durable goods and the role of the second-hand market [Paper]. International Industrial Organization Conference 2006, MA., United States, USA.
    • Report
  • Bloom, Nick, Van Reenen, John (2010). Why do management practices differ across firms and countries? (Centre for Economic Performance occasional papers CEPOP26). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
  • Martin, Ralf (2010). Productivity spreads, market power spreads and trade. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP0997). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
    • Working paper
  • Aghion, Philippe, Bergeaud, Antonin, Van Reenen, John (2021). The impact of regulation on innovation. (CEP Discussion Papers 1744). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance. picture_as_pdf
  • Aghion, Philippe, Bergeaud, Antonin Jean Jacob, Van Reenen, John (2021). The impact of regulation on innovation. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1744). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance. picture_as_pdf
  • Albornoz, Facundo, Calvo-Pardo, Héctor, Corcos, Gregory, Ornelas, Emanuel (2021). Sequential exporting across countries and products. (CEP Discussion Papers 1774). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance. picture_as_pdf
  • Altomonte, Carlo, Ottaviano, Gianmarco, Rungi, Armando, Sonno, Tommaso (2021). Business groups as knowledge-based hierarchies of firms. (CEP Discussion Papers 1804). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance. picture_as_pdf
  • Andrieu, Elodie, Morrow, John (2024). Can firm subsidies spread growth? (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP2035). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance. picture_as_pdf
  • Bajgar, Matej, Berlingieri, Giuseppe, Calligaris, Sara, Criscuolo, Chiara, Timmis, Jonathan (2019). Industry concentration in Europe and North America. (CEP Discussion Papers 1654). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance. picture_as_pdf
  • Bajgar, Matej, Criscuolo, Chiara, Timmis, Jonathan (2021). Intangibles and industry concentration: supersize me. (CEP Discussion Papers 1806). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance. picture_as_pdf
  • Bernard, Andrew B., Bradford Jensen, J., Schott, Peter K. (2003). Survival of the best fit: exposure to low-wage countries and the (uneven) growth of U.S. manufacturing plants. (CEPDP 584). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
  • Bernard, Andrew B., Okubo, Toshihiro (2016). Product switching and the business cycle. (CEP Discussion Paper 1432). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
  • Blanden, Jo, Machin, Stephen, Van Reenen, John (2005). New survey evidence on recent changes in UK union recognition. (CEP Discussion Papers 685). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
  • Bloom, Nicholas, Iacovone, Leonardo, Pereira-Lopez, Mariana, Van Reenen, John (2022). Management and misallocation in Mexico. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1825). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance. picture_as_pdf
  • Bloom, Nick, Draca, Mirko, Van Reenen, John (2011). Trade induced technical change? The impact of Chinese imports on innovation, IT and productivity. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1000). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance. picture_as_pdf
  • Boehm, Johannes, Dhingra, Swati, Morrow, John (2019). The comparative advantage of firms. (CEP Discussion Papers 1614). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance. picture_as_pdf
  • Bryson, Alex, Forth, John, Laroche, Patrice (2009). Unions and workplace performance in Britain and France. (CEP Discussion Paper 920). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
  • Bryson, Alex, Freeman, Richard (2008). How does shared capitalism affect economic performance in the UK? (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP0885). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
  • Bryson, Alex, Gomez, Rafael, Willman, Paul (2008). Trading places: employers, unions and the manufacture of voice. (CEP Discussion Paper 884). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
  • Bøler, Esther Ann, Moxnes, Andreas, Ulltveit-Moe, Karen Helene (2023). Strapped for cash: the role of financial constraints for innovating firms. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1905). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance. picture_as_pdf
  • Chor, Davin, Manova, Kalina, Yu, Zhihong (2020). Growing like China: firm performance and global production line position. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1715). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance. picture_as_pdf
  • Christos, Genakos, Kaplanis, Ioannis, Tagaraki, Maria Theano, Tsakanikas, Aggelos (2023). Firm resilience and growth during the economics crisis: lessons from the Greek depression. (GreeSE Papers: Hellenic Observatory Discussion Papers on Greece and Southeast Europe 186). Hellenic Observatory, London School of Economics and Political Science. picture_as_pdf
  • Criscuolo, Chiara, Gal, Peter N., Menon, Carlo (2014). The dynamics of employment growth: new evidence from 18 countries. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1274). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
  • Dimelis, Sophia, Giotopoulos, Ioannis, Louri, Helen (2015). Can firms grow without credit?: evidence from the Euro Area, 2005-2011: a quantile panel analysis. (GreeSE papers 89). Hellenic Observatory, European Institute.
  • Draca, Mirko, Machin, Stephen, Van Reenen, John (2006). Minimum wages and firm profitability. (CEP Discussion Papers 715). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
  • Eppinger, Peter S., Neugebauer, Katja (2017). External financial dependence and firms' crisis performance across Europe. (Systemic Risk Centre Discussion Papers 65). Systemic Risk Centre, The London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Forlani, Emanuele, Martin, Ralf, Mion, Giordano, Muuls, Mirabelle (2016). Unraveling firms: demand, productivity and markups heterogeneity. (CEP Discussion Paper 1402). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance. picture_as_pdf
  • Garicano, Luis, Lelarge, Claire, Van Reenen, John (2016). Firm size distortions and the productivity distribution:evidence from France. (CEP Discussion Paper 1128). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
  • Hottman, Colin, Redding, Stephen, Weinstein, David E. (2014). What is 'firm heterogeneity' in trade models? The role of quality, scope, markups and cost. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1294). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
  • Kirchmaier, Thomas, Stathopoulos, Konstantinos (2008). From fiction to fact: the impact of CEO social networks. (Financial Markets Group Discussion Papers 608). Financial Markets Group, The London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Lordan, Grace, Salehzadeh Nobari, Kaveh (2025). Finite-sample non-parametric bounds with an application to the causal effect of workforce gender diversity on firm performance. arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2509.01622 picture_as_pdf
  • Macchiavello, Rocco, Morjaria, Ameet (2022). Acquisitions, management and efficiency in Rwanda's coffee industry. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1864). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance. picture_as_pdf
  • Macedoni, Luca, Morrow, John, Tyazhelnikov, Vladimir (2024). Firms in product space: adoption, growth and competition. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1978). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance. picture_as_pdf
  • Martin, Ralf (2004). Globalisation, ICT and the nitty gritty of plant level datasets. (CEPDP 653). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
  • Martin, Ralf (2008). Productivity dispersion, competition and productivity measurement. (CEPDP 692). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
  • Melcangi, Davide (2016). Firms’ precautionary savings and employment during a credit crisis. (CFM discussion paper series CFM-DP2016-10). Centre For Macroeconomics.
  • Mertens, Matthias, Mottironi, Bernardo (2023). Do larger firms exert more market power? Markups and markdowns along the size distribution. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1945). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance. picture_as_pdf
  • Mion, Giordano, Opromolla, Luca David (2011). Managers' mobility, trade status, and wages. (Centre for Economic Policy Research DP8230). Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain).
  • Mion, Giordano, Silva, Joana (2024). Trade, skills and productivity. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP2009). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance. picture_as_pdf
  • Miyagawa, Tsutomu, Kim, YoungGak (2007). Measuring organization capital in Japan: an empirical assessment using firm-level data. (CEPDP 817). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
  • Norris Keiller, Agnes, Van Reenen, John (2024). Disaster management. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP2007). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance. picture_as_pdf
  • Nunez Chaim, Gonzalo Ignacio, Overman, Henry George, Riom, Capucine Anne Veronique (2024). Does subsidising business advice improve firm performance? Evidence from a large RCT. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1977). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance. picture_as_pdf
  • Ossa, Ralph (2007). Trade liberalization, outsourcing, and firm productivity. (CEPDP 814). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
  • Ramondo, Natalia, Rappoport, Veronica, Ruhl, Kim J. (2015). Intrafirm trade and vertical fragmentation in U.S.multinational corporations. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1371). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
  • Schiraldi, Pasquale (2006). Second-hand markets and collusion by manufacturers of semidurable goods. Department of Economics, Boston University.
  • Steinwender, Claudia (2015). The roles of import competition and export opportunities for technical change. (CEP discussion paper CEPDP1334). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.