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Daniela Scur
Daniela is Brazilian-Canadian, and has completed her Masters in Economics at the University of Toronto in 2011. Before coming to the CEP she worked as a Researcher at the Institute for Competitiveness & Prosperity, an economic policy think tank in Toronto. She has also been involved with the World Management Survey as a country project leader for three years, and is currently continuing this work at LSE. Her research interests include international development, education and productivity.
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Bad management: A constraint on economic development?
Are poor management practices holding back middle-income countries? This column looks at the evidence for private firms and public organisations in manufacturing, retail, healthcare and education in India. The findings suggest that there is a large share of badly managed firms that brings down the average quality of Indian businesses. While some Indian firms are at par with the best in the world, diffusion of best practices has not taken place yet.
Management practices in retail, education and healthcare sectors in India
This project presents an in-depth descriptive look at the state of management practices in India. Using a unique dataset measuring the quality of management practices across countries and sectors, it finds a consistent pattern of poor management practices in India in comparison to higher income countries across all the sectors studied