Modern Management: Good for the Environment or Just Hot Air?
研究了英国300多家制造企业的管理实践，发现管理更好的企业能源强度显著降低（从25百分位到75百分位降幅达17.4%），且生产率更高，表明提升生产率的管理措施也有助于减少温室气体排放。
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. Copyright © The Author(s). Journal compilation © Royal Economic Society 2010.