Replication Files for "Do Management Interventions Last? Evidence from India" 2017

India, 2008 - 2017

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IND_2008-2017_MIIE_v01_M

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David McKenzie, Nick Bloom, Aprajit Mahajan, John Roberts

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Data file: india2017

Data files needed to replicate different tables in Bloom et al's AEJ paper “Do management interventions last?”
- Input Data

Cases:	136
Variables:	187

Variables

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Is preventive maintenance carried out for the machines?

Is preventive maintenance carried as per manufacturer's recommendations?

Is the shop floor marked clearly for where each machine should be?

Is the shop floor clear of waste and obstacles?

Is machine downtime recorded?

Are machine downtime reasons monitored daily?

Is machine downtime analysed at least fortnightly & action plans created and imp

Do daily meetings take place that discuss efficiency with production team?

Are there written procedures for warping, drawing, weaving & beam gaiting displa

q10

Are there any visual aids to allow the firm to display daily efficiency loomwise

q11

Are these visual aids in practice updated on a daily basis?

q12

Are spares stored in a systematic basis (i.e. with labelling and demarked locati

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Are spares purchases and consumption recorded and monitored?

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Are scientific methods used to define inventory norms for spares?

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Are quality defects recorded?

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Are quality defects recorded defect wise?

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Are quality defects monitored on a daily basis?

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Is there an analysis and action plan based on defects data?

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Is there a fabric gradation system?

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Is the gradation system well defined?

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Do daily meetings take place that discuss defects and gradation?

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Is there a Standard Operating Procedure displayed for quality supervisors and gr

q23

Are yarn transactions (receipt, issues, returns) recorded on a daily basis?

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Is the closing stock monitored at least on a weekly basis?

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Are scientific methods used to define inventory norms for yarn?

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Is there a process for monitoring the aging of yarn stock?

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Is there a system for using and disposing of old stock?

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Is there location wise entry maintained for yarn storage?

q29

Is advance loom planning done ?

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Is there a regular meeting between sales and operational management?

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Is there a reward system for non-managerial factory staff based on performance?

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Is there a reward system for managerial factory staff based on performance?

q33

Is there a reward system for non-managerial factory staff based on attendance?

q34

Are top performers among factory staff publicly identified each month?

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Are roles & responsibilities written for managers and supervisors in the factory

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Are customers segmented for order prioritsation?

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Is orderwise production planning undertaken

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Is historical efficiency data analysed for making business decisions regarding d

management

management score

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treatment

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experimental

Experimental plant indicator

fcomputers

Number of computers

fdirectors

number of directors

femployees

Number of employees

sm1

Sales and marketing directors

sm2

Sales and marketing time spent - total share all time

sm3

Trade shows

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How frequently analyze markets

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How frequently analyze product portfolio

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How frequently product pricing

sm7

Firm own brand

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Sales and marketing professionals

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Sales and marketing use social media

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Advertising spend

sm12

Demand conditions

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Market change (industry)

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Market share (firm share)

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Weeks of orders domestic market

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Weeks of orders international market

sq13

Location of HQ

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HQ and Plant at the same site?

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How long has your firm been in business (years)

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Annual Turnover (In Million INR)

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How many production plants do you operate (e.g. 3)

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How many plants have been closed since FY2011?

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How many new plants have been established since FY2011?

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Are these new plants in textiles (i.e. weaving)? Or other biz. (dyeing, garmenti

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Is the Director the same as 5 years ago? (Yes/ No)

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How many generations of your family have been in business (1=one generation (the

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How many family members are in this business with you

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Are there any more family mebers that could potentially join the business

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How much of your production is outsourced to others (e.g. 10%)

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What are your textile firms' main products (i.e. 80% suitings, 20% shirtings)

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What % of output is direct exports ? (e.g. 10%)

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What are the major export markets ? (e.g. Middle East, Africa, USA)

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Number of looms (sum of all types; e.g. 50 (25 Dornier+25 Jacquard))

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Production (Fabric meters or picks)

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Production (Normalized)

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Relation of the Plant Manager with the Director

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Factory Manager tenure

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Employees (number) (Permanent + Contract)

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No. of Plants

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Computerization

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How many computers does the firm have at the factory?

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How many people are direct users of the computers in factory?

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Does the plant manager use e-mail?

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Linked ERP System

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Decentralization

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What authority does the plant manager(or other managers) have to hire a Weaver (

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What authority does the plant manager (or other managers) have to hire a junior

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What authority does the plant manager (or other managers) have to purchase spare

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Number of days the director visits the factory (this plant) every week

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Do you know any of the Directors of other firms in the study?

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Have you discussed management practices with any of them?

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Have you visited any of their plants?

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Have you changed any of your management practices as a result of these discussio

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Have any other members of your firm (e.g. plants managers) learned from other fi

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Did this learning lead you to adopt new management practices?

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Have you hired consultants since 2011? (yes/no)

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Approximately how many days of consultant time have you had in your plant since

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Length of interview (minutes)

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Interview reliability (1=very unreliable with doubts over 50% of information, 10

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Any other observations (free text)

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Approximate age of the Director (years)

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Estimated education of the Director (School, BA, MBA, Masters, other)

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Language of the interview

noj

Balanced panel or not

plantid

Plant id

firmid

Firm id

Total: 187

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