Tag
knowledge_transfer
3 findings
Firms & operationsIntra-Firm Knowledge Spillovers vs. Inter-Firm Spillover FrictionNonexperimental plants within treatment firms increased management practice adoption by 17.5 percentage points without direct consulting, mirroring the 12.0 percentage point increase in control plants. Conversely, inter-firm spillovers were negligible: only 16% of 96 independent local firms had heard of the experiment and only 2% knew specific details, localized exclusively to Tarapur and Umbergaon.RCTEducationRemedial Curriculum TransferObjective incentives increased remedial test scores by 0.189 standard deviations (p < 0.01) and subjective incentives increased remedial test scores by 0.142 standard deviations (p < 0.05), confirming academic gains represent genuine conceptual learning rather than curriculum memorization.RCTDevelopmentTrade Intermediary Knowledge BrokerageRug quality improved most significantly along the specific structural dimensions discussed in direct technical meetings between the intermediary and local producers.RCT