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Monitor, Measure, Incentivize: Is Management as Simple as That?

May 23, 2016 | Frieda Klotz | Data, AI, & Machine Learning

Nicholas Bloom, William Eberle Professor of Economics at Stanford University, conducted an extensive study of 30,000 US factories, and found that two practices, underpinned by innovative software and IT systems, stand out in highly effectively managed operations: monitoring and incentives.

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