Experiment on 20 plants in large multi plant firms

Experiment on 20 plants in large multi-plant firms (average 300
employees and $7m sales) near Mumbai making cotton fabric
Randomly allocated plants to treatment and control groups
Treatment plants received five months of extensive management
consulting from a large international consulting firm
Followed by four months intensive support for the implementation of
these recommendations
Control plants only get the one month of consulting
Consulting is on 38 specific practices tied to factory operations,
quality and inventory control
Collect weekly data on all plants from 2008 to 2010
Case Study: ID Insight
Field Experiments

Randomized Controlled Trials
Does Management Matter? Evidence from India
Results: The Impact of Management Practices
Introduction
Management in the Indian Textile Industry
Management Practices Before and After Treatment
Introduction
Paper conducts an experiment on large Indian firms to evaluate
impact of modern management practices on TFP
Experiment on 20 plants in large multi-plant firms (average 300
employees and $7m sales) near Mumbai making cotton fabric
Randomly allocated plants to treatment and control groups
Treatment plants received five months of extensive management
consulting from a large international consulting firm
Followed by four months intensive support for the implementation of
these recommendations
Control plants only get the one month of consulting
Consulting is on 38 specific practices tied to factory operations,
quality and inventory control
Collect weekly data on all plants from 2008 to 2010
Case Study: ID Insight
Field Experiments

Randomized Controlled Trials
Does Management Matter? Evidence from India
Results: The Impact of Management Practices
Introduction
Management in the Indian Textile Industry
Management Practices Before and After Treatment
Introduction
Paper conducts an experiment on large Indian firms to evaluate
impact of modern management practices on TFP
Experiment on 20 plants in large multi-plant firms (average 300
employees and $7m sales) near Mumbai making cotton fabric
Randomly allocated plants to treatment and control groups
Treatment plants received five months of extensive management
consulting from a large international consulting firm
Followed by four months intensive support for the implementation of
these recommendations
Control plants only get the one month of consulting
Consulting is on 38 specific practices tied to factory operations,
quality and inventory control
Collect weekly data on all plants from 2008 to 2010
Case Study: ID Insight
Field Experiments

Randomized Controlled Trials
Does Management Matter? Evidence from India
Results: The Impact of Management Practices
Introduction
Management in the Indian Textile Industry
Management Practices Before and After Treatment
Introduction
Paper conducts an experiment on large Indian firms to evaluate
impact of modern management practices on TFP
Experiment on 20 plants in large multi-plant firms (average 300
employees and $7m sales) near Mumbai making cotton fabric