Modern Management: Good for the Environment or Just Hot Air?

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Bloom, Nicholas; Genakos, Christos; Martin, Ralf; Sadun, Raffaella
• 署名单位: National Bureau of Economic Research; Stanford University; University of London; London School Economics & Political Science; Harvard University
• 刊物名称: ECONOMIC JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0013-0133
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2010.02351.x
• 发表日期: 2010
• 页码: 551-572
• 关键词: energy-efficiency; information-technology; PRODUCTIVITY; FIRMS

摘要

We use an innovative methodology to measure management practices in over 300 manufacturing firms in the UK. We then match this management data to production and energy usage information for establishments owned by these firms. We find that establishments in better managed firms are significantly less energy intensive. This effect is quantitatively substantial: going from the 25th to the 75th percentile of management practices is associated with a 17.4% reduction in energy intensity. Better managed firms are also significantly more productive. These results suggest that management practices that are associated with improved productivity are also linked to lower greenhouse gas emissions.