Determinants of Management Practices among Manufacturing Firms in Pakistan (Article)

Farrukh Iqbal and Aadil Nakhoda
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Farrukh Iqbal: Istitute of Business Administration, Karachi.

The Pakistan Development Review, 2024, vol. 63, issue 1, 45-64

Abstract: A strong case for looking at management quality as a source of productivity has been assembled in recent years by studies showing that variations in management quality account for a big part of the productivity gap across firms and countries. In this paper, we investigate the determinants of management quality among Pakistani manufacturing firms, using a new World Bank Enterprise Survey that provides firm-level information on the use of modern management practices. Our findings suggest that the adoption of good management practices is influenced by such characteristics as firm size, product market competition, ownership type, and the information available to staff and managers. We also find that such considerations are more relevant for medium and large firms than for small firms. Finally, we find that the link between management practices and productivity is not uniform and varies from practice to practice.

Keywords: Management Practices; Productivity; Product Market Competition; Ownership Diffusion; Information Access; World Bank Enterprise Survey (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L1 L25 M5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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