The Effect of Management Policies on Plant‐Level Productivity: A Longitudinal Study of Three U.S. and Mexican Small Businesses

Craig S. Galbraith and Emmanuel Nkwenti‐zamcho

Journal of Small Business Management, 2005, vol. 43, issue 4, 418-431

Abstract: To determine the influence of various management policies on productivity, various production functions of three small firms in labor‐intensive, production‐oriented industries are estimated econometrically and compared. Results from modified Cobb–Douglas functions indicate that the most important management‐influenced factors are those related to job specialization, asset maintenance and technology policies, and changes in organizational structure. In addition, the results indicate that productivity is significantly related to a firm's overall profitability.

Date: 2005
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DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-627X.2005.00145.x

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