JEL classification

Journal of Economic Literature Classification (10696)

L - Industrial Organization (954)

L2 - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior (365)

L20 - General (65)

Number of items at this level: 65.

Accounting

Agarwal, Samanvaya, Kamath, Saipriya, Subramanian, Krishnamurthy, Tantri, Prasanna (2022). Board conduct in banks. Journal of Banking and Finance, 138, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbankfin.2022.106441

Merchant, Kenneth A, Van der Stede, Wim A., Lin, Thomas W., Yu, Zengbiao (2011). Performance measurement and incentive compensation: an empirical analysis and comparison of Chinese and western firms' practices. European Accounting Review, 20(4), 639-667. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638180.2011.593293

Centre for Economic Performance

Alfaro, Laura, Antras, Pol, Chor, David, Conconi, Paola (2017). Internalizing global value chains: a firm-level analysis. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1507). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Alfaro, Laura, Bloom, Nick, Conconi, Paola, Fadinger, Harald, Legros, Patrick, Newman, Andrew F., Sadun, Raffaella, Van Reenen, John (2024). Come together: firm boundaries and delegation. Journal of the European Economic Association, 22(1), 34 – 72. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeea/jvad027

Bloom, Nicholas, Brynjolfsson, Erik, Foster, Lucia, Jarmin, Ron, Patnaik, Megha, Saporta-Eksten, Itay, Van Reenen, John (2017). What drives differences in management practices? (CEP Discussion Papers 1470). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Bloom, Nicholas, Kawakubo, Taka, Meng, Charlotte, Mizen, Paul, Riley, Rebecca, Senga, Tatsuro, Van Reenen, John (2022). Do well managed firms make better forecasts? (CEP Discussion Papers 1821). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Bloom, Nick, Manova, Kalina, Teng Sun, Stephen, Van Reenen, John, Yu, Zhihong (2018). Managing trade: evidence from China and the US. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1553). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Bracke, Philippe, Hilber, Christian A. L., Silva, Olmo (2012). Homeownerhip and entrepreneurship. (SERC Discussion Papers SERCDP0103). Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC), London School of Economics and Political Science.

Békés, Gábor, Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P. (2022). Cultural homophily and collaboration in superstar teams. (CEP Discussion Papers 1873). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

De Haas, Ralph, Martin, Ralf, Muûls, Mirabelle, Schweiger, Helena (2022). Managerial and financial barriers during the green transition. (CEP Discussion Papers 1837). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Faggio, Giulia, Silva, Olmo (2012). Does self-employment measure entrepreneurship? evidence from Great Britain. (SERC Discussion Papers SERCDP0109). Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC), London School of Economics and Political Science.

Feng, Andy, Valero, Anna (2019). Skill based management: evidence from manufacturing firms. (CEP Discussion Papers 1594). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Feng, Andy, Valero, Anna (2020). Skill-biased management: evidence from manufacturing firms. The Economic Journal, 130(628), 1057 - 1080. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueaa005

Genakos, Christos, Kretschmer, Tobias, Nicolle, Ambre (2021). Strategic confusopoly: evidence from the UK mobile market. (CEP Discussion Papers 1810). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Manaresi, Francesco, Palma, Alessandro, Salvatici, Luca, Scrutinio, Vincenzo (2022). Managerial input and firm performance. Evidence from a policy experiment. (CEP Discussion Papers 1871). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Sivropoulos-Valero, Anna Valero (2021). Education and management practices. Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 37(2), 302 - 322. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxrep/grab006

Economic History

Goodhart, C. A. E., Postel-Vinay, Natacha (2025). The case for tiered liability: evidence from the City of Glasgow Bank failure. London School of Economics and Political Science. https://doi.org/10.21953/lse.uj4sys8mpe47

Economics

Alfaro, Laura, Bloom, Nick, Conconi, Paola, Fadinger, Harald, Legros, Patrick, Newman, Andrew F., Sadun, Raffaella, Van Reenen, John (2024). Come together: firm boundaries and delegation. Journal of the European Economic Association, 22(1), 34 – 72. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeea/jvad027

Bloom, Nicholas, Kawakubo, Taka, Meng, Charlotte, Mizen, Paul, Riley, Rebecca, Senga, Tatsuro, Van Reenen, John (2022). Do well managed firms make better forecasts? (CEP Discussion Papers 1821). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Bloom, Nicholas, Kawakubo, Taka, Meng, Charlotte, Mizen, Paul, Riley, Rebecca, Senga, Tatsuro, Van Reenen, John (2025). Do well managed firms make better forecasts? Review of Economics and Statistics, https://doi.org/10.1162/REST.a.1692

Bolton, Patrick, Xu, Cheng-Gang (2001). Ownership and managerial competition: employee, customer, or outside ownership. Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.

Chetty, Raj, Bell, Alex, Jaravel, Xavier, Petkova, Neviana, Van Reenen, John (2019). Do tax cuts produce more Einsteins? The impact of financial incentives vs. exposure to innovation on the supply of inventors. (CEP Discussion Papers 1597). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Prat, Andrea (1996). Shared knowledge vs diversified knowledge in teams. Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 10(2), 181-195. https://doi.org/10.1006/jjie.1996.0010

Prat, Andrea (2002). Should a team be homogeneous? European Economic Review, 46(7). https://doi.org/10.1016/S0014-2921(01)00165-9

Sanchis-Guarner, Rosa, Szumilo, Nikodem, Vernet, Antoine (2024). Startup stations: the impact of rail access on entrepreneurship (self-employment) in England and Wales. (Geography and Environment Discussion Paper Series 46). Department of Geography and Environment, The London School of Economics and Political Science.

European Institute

Bojicic-Dzelilovic, Vesna, Kostovicova, Denisa, Causevic, Fikret (2024). Tested by the COVID-19 economic shock: peace-positive entrepreneurship and intergroup collaboration in post-conflict business recovery. Conflict, Security and Development, 24(5), 425 - 450. https://doi.org/10.1080/14678802.2024.2410309

Finance

Cuñat, Vicente, Giné, Mireia, Guadalupe, Maria (2013). Say pays! Shareholder voice and firm performance. (Financial Markets Group Discussion Papers 724). Financial Markets Group, The London School of Economics and Political Science.

Cuñat, Vicente, Guadalupe, Maria (2005). How does product market competition shape incentive contracts? Journal of the European Economic Association, 3(5), 1058-1082. https://doi.org/10.1162/1542476054729437

Ferreira, Daniel, Nikolowa, Radoslawa (2024). Prestige, promotion, and pay. Journal of Finance, 79(1), 505 - 540. https://doi.org/10.1111/jofi.13301

Financial Markets Group

Bosio, Erica, Djankov, Simeon, Jolevski, Filip, Ramalho, Rita (2020). Survival of firms during economic crisis. (Financial Markets Group Discussion Papers 797). Financial Markets Group, The London School of Economics and Political Science.

Caggese, Andrea (2000). Financial constraints, precautionary saving and firm dynamics. (Financial Markets Group Discussion Papers 338). Financial Markets Group, The London School of Economics and Political Science.

Cuñat, Vicente, Guadalupe, Maria (2005). How does product market competition shape incentive contracts? Journal of the European Economic Association, 3(5), 1058-1082. https://doi.org/10.1162/1542476054729437

Goodhart, C. A. E., Postel-Vinay, Natacha (2025). The case for tiered liability: evidence from the City of Glasgow Bank failure. London School of Economics and Political Science. https://doi.org/10.21953/lse.uj4sys8mpe47

Kirchmaier, Thomas, Kollo, Michael G. (2006). The role of prestige and networks in outside director appointment. (Financial Markets Group Discussion Papers 582). Financial Markets Group, The London School of Economics and Political Science.

Geography and Environment

Ascani, Andrea, Crescenzi, Riccardo, Iammarino, Simona (2016). Economic institutions and the location strategies of European multinationals in their geographic neighborhood. Economic Geography, 92(4), 401 - 429. https://doi.org/10.1080/00130095.2016.1179570

Bracke, Philippe, Hilber, Christian A. L., Silva, Olmo (2012). Homeownerhip and entrepreneurship. (SERC Discussion Papers SERCDP0103). Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC), London School of Economics and Political Science.

Davis, James C., Henderson, J. Vernon (2008). The agglomeration of headquarters. Regional Science and Urban Economics, 38(5), 445-460. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2008.05.002

Faggio, Giulia, Silva, Olmo (2012). Does self-employment measure entrepreneurship? evidence from Great Britain. (SERC Discussion Papers SERCDP0109). Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC), London School of Economics and Political Science.

Nunez Chaim, Gonzalo Ignacio, Overman, Henry George, Riom, Capucine Anne Veronique (2024). Does subsidising business advice improve firm performance? Evidence from a large RCT. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1977). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Rigo, Davide (2024). The role of firm-to-firm relationships in exporter dynamics. Economica, 91(362), 569 - 587. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecca.12511

Grantham Research Institute

Crawford, Ben (2025). The modern corporation: a critical survey. Contributions to Political Economy, 44(1), 33 - 55. https://doi.org/10.1093/cpe/bzaf002

Dookie, Denyse, Vincent, Katharine, Murambadoro, Miriam, Archer, Emma, Base, Palesa, Benya, Songo, Conway, Declan, Gannon, Kate, Ziervogel, Gina (2025). Climate risk perception and climate information use: gendered differences among South African entrepreneurs. Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment.

Hellenic Observatory

Christos, Genakos, Kaplanis, Ioannis, Tagaraki, Maria Theano, Tsakanikas, Aggelos (2023). Firm resilience and growth during the economics crisis: lessons from the Greek depression. (GreeSE Papers: Hellenic Observatory Discussion Papers on Greece and Southeast Europe 186). Hellenic Observatory, London School of Economics and Political Science.

International Development

Eckl, Julian, Hanrieder, Tine (2023). The political economy of consulting firms in reform processes: the case of the World Health Organization. Review of International Political Economy, 30(6), 2309 - 2332. https://doi.org/10.1080/09692290.2022.2161112

International Inequalities Institute

Wallaschek, Stefan, Waitkus, Nora (2025). The past, the present, the future: self-portrayals of wealthy business owners in the media. International Journal of Communication, 19, 908 - 929.

LSE

Bloom, Nicholas, Kawakubo, Taka, Meng, Charlotte, Mizen, Paul, Riley, Rebecca, Senga, Tatsuro, Van Reenen, John (2022). Do well managed firms make better forecasts? (CEP Discussion Papers 1821). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Békés, Gábor, Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P. (2022). Cultural homophily and collaboration in superstar teams. (CEP Discussion Papers 1873). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Helmers, Christian (2010). The effect of market entry on innovation: evidence from UK university incubators. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1002). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Kaur, Manmeet, Ahmad, Wasim, Hari, K. S., Kattumuri, Ruth (2024). FinTech entrepreneurial ecosystem in India: role of incubators and accelerators. Global Finance Journal, 60, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfj.2024.100933

Meng, Zhiyi (2024). The role of AI in transforming local economies: exploring how AI technologies are impacting local businesses and labor markets. Applied and Computational Engineering, 108(1), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.54254/2755-2721/108/2025ld0053

Sivropoulos-Valero, Anna Valero (2021). Education and management practices. (CEP Discussion Papers 1767). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

LSE IDEAS

Bojicic-Dzelilovic, Vesna, Kostovicova, Denisa, Causevic, Fikret (2024). Tested by the COVID-19 economic shock: peace-positive entrepreneurship and intergroup collaboration in post-conflict business recovery. Conflict, Security and Development, 24(5), 425 - 450. https://doi.org/10.1080/14678802.2024.2410309

Management

Acs, Zoltan J., Audretsch, David B., Braunerhjelm, Pontus, Carlsson, Bo (2012). Growth and entrepreneurship. Small Business Economics, 39(2), 289-300. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-010-9307-2

Acs, Zoltan J., Boardman, Mary C., McNeely, Connie L. (2013). The social value of productive entrepreneurship. Small Business Economics, 40(3), 785-796. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-011-9396-6

Acs, Zoltan J., Sanders, Mark W. J. L. (2013). Knowledge spillover entrepreneurship in an endogenous growth model. Small Business Economics, 41(4), 775-795. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-013-9506-8

Acs, Zoltan J., Szerb, László, Ortega-Argilés, Raquel, Aidis, Ruta, Coduras, Alicia (2015). The regional application of the global entrepreneurship and development index (GEDI): the case of Spain. Regional Studies, 49(12), 1977-1994. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2014.888712

Acs, Zoltan J., Terjesen, Siri (2013). Born local: toward a theory of new venture’s choice of internationalization. Small Business Economics, 41(3), 521-535. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-012-9446-8

Acs, Zoltan J., Braunerhjelm, Pontus, Karlsson, Charlie (2016). Philippe Aghion: recipient of the 2016 Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research. Small Business Economics, 48(1), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-016-9801-2

Alonso, Ricardo, Matouschek, Niko, Dessein, Wouter (2011). Strategic communication: prices versus quantities. Journal of the European Economic Association, 8(2-3), 365-376. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1542-4774.2010.tb00508.x

Busch, Christian, Mudida, Robert (2023). Asserting and transcending ethnic homophily: how entrepreneurs develop social ties to access resources and opportunities in socially contested environments. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 18(2), 229 - 257. https://doi.org/10.1002/sej.1491

Cuñat, Vicente, Guadalupe, Maria (2005). How does product market competition shape incentive contracts? Journal of the European Economic Association, 3(5), 1058-1082. https://doi.org/10.1162/1542476054729437

Germann, Frank, Anderson, Stephen J., Chintagunta, Pradeep K., Vilcassim, Naufel J. (2024). Frontiers: breaking the glass ceiling: empowering female entrepreneurs through female mentors. Marketing Science, 43(2), 244 - 253. https://doi.org/10.1287/mksc.2023.0108

Guillouët, Louise, Khandelwal, Amit K., Macchiavello, Rocco, Malhotra, Madhav, Teachout, Matthieu (2024). Language barriers in multinationals and knowledge transfers. Review of Economics and Statistics, https://doi.org/10.1162/rest_a_01487

Lafuente, Esteban, Szerb, László, Acs, Zoltan J. (2016). Country level efficiency and national systems of entrepreneurship: a data envelopment analysis approach. Journal of Technology Transfer, 41(6), 1260-1283. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10961-015-9440-9

Levine, Ross, Rubinstein, Yona (2013). Smart and illicit who becomes an entrepreneur and does it pay? (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1237). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Levine, Ross, Rubinstein, Yona Zvi (2020). Selection into entrepreneurship and self-employment. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1722). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Plummer, Lawrence A., Acs, Zoltan J. (2014). Localized competition in the knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship. Journal of Business Venturing, 29(1), 121-136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusvent.2012.10.003

Pujadas, Roser, Valderrama, Erika, Venters, Will (2024). The value and structuring role of web APIs in digital innovation ecosystems: the case of the online travel ecosystem. Research Policy, 53(2). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2023.104931

Qian, Haifeng, Acs, Zoltan J., Stough, Roger R. (2013). Regional systems of entrepreneurship: the nexus of human capital, knowledge and new firm formation. Journal of Economic Geography, 13(4), 559-587. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbs009

Wang, Jiancheng, Li, Xiaoye (2023). From “super app” to “super VC”: the value-added effect of China's digital platforms. Finance Research Letters, 54, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2023.103773

Mathematics

Khakbaz, Amir, Alfares, Hesham K., Amirteimoori, Arash, Tirkolaee, Erfan Babaee (2024). A novel cross-docking EOQ-based model to optimize a multi-item multi-supplier multi-retailer inventory management system. Annals of Operations Research, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-023-05790-9

Methodology

Bracke, Philippe, Hilber, Christian A. L., Silva, Olmo (2012). Homeownerhip and entrepreneurship. (SERC Discussion Papers SERCDP0103). Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC), London School of Economics and Political Science.

STICERD

Prat, Andrea (1996). Shared knowledge vs diversified knowledge in teams. Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 10(2), 181-195. https://doi.org/10.1006/jjie.1996.0010

Prat, Andrea (2002). Should a team be homogeneous? European Economic Review, 46(7). https://doi.org/10.1016/S0014-2921(01)00165-9

Roberts, Kevin (1999). Dynamic voting in clubs. (TE 367). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines.

Social Policy

Özcan, Berkay (2011). Only the lonely?: the influence of spouse on the transition to self-employment. Small Business Economics, 37(4), 465-492. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-011-9376-x

Sociology

Muggleton, Naomi, Rahal, Charles, Reeves, Aaron (2025). Capitalizing on a crisis: a computational analysis of all five million British firms during the Covid-19 pandemic. Journal of Computational Social Science, 8(2). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42001-025-00360-4

Urban and Spatial Programme

Bracke, Philippe, Hilber, Christian A. L., Silva, Olmo (2012). Homeownerhip and entrepreneurship. (SERC Discussion Papers SERCDP0103). Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC), London School of Economics and Political Science.

Faggio, Giulia, Silva, Olmo (2012). Does self-employment measure entrepreneurship? evidence from Great Britain. (SERC Discussion Papers SERCDP0109). Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC), London School of Economics and Political Science.

Moeller, Kristoffer (2014). Culturally clustered or in the cloud? location of internet start-ups in Berlin. (SERC Discussion Papers SERCDP0157). Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC), London School of Economics and Political Science.

What Works Centre

Nunez Chaim, Gonzalo Ignacio, Overman, Henry George, Riom, Capucine Anne Veronique (2024). Does subsidising business advice improve firm performance? Evidence from a large RCT. (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1977). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.