Organizational Learning: Experimental Evidence from Bangladeshi Garment Factories
Research Note
Published on 1 February 2016
Abstract
A randomized controlled trial shows that inducing knowledge sharing among garment workers in Bangladeshi factories increases firm level productivity. This provides novel experimental evidence for the long held hypothesis that organizational learning drives firm productivity growth.
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