How the U.S. Has Kept the Productivity Playing Field Tilted to Its Advantage

How the U.S. Has Kept the Productivity Playing Field Tilted to Its Advantage

How the U.S. Has Kept the Productivity Playing Field Tilted to Its Advantage: "When Americans take over a business in Britain, the business becomes significantly better at translating technology spending into productivity than a comparable business taken over by someone else. It is as if the invisible hand of the American marketplace were somehow passing along a secret handshake to these firms."