AnthonyRestivo510/Management-Practices-and-Firm-Outcomes-

This project comes from the data set of Macchiavello and Morjaria focusses on ownership changes and the activity within the firm in Rwanda's coffee industry. Reporting how domestic and foreign acquisitions compare through multiple factors. Ultimately, the project highlights data cleaning, visualization and reproducible analysis through RMarkdown. # Management-Practices-and-Firm-Outcomes- This project comes from the data set of Macchiavello and Morjaria focusses on ownership changes and the activity within the firm in Rwanda's coffee industry. Reporting how domestic and foreign acquisitions compare through multiple factors. Ultimately, the project highlights data cleaning, visualization and reproducible analysis through RMarkdown. Foreign Ownership and Firm Performance (R) 🎯 Research Question Do ownership changes improve firm performance, and does the effect differ between domestic and foreign acquisitions? 📊 Data Firm-level panel data on Rwandan coffee mills Covers: Ownership status (stand-alone, domestic group, foreign group) Output, capacity utilization, labor usage, and input efficiency Time span: multiple years (staggered acquisition timing) Data are used for academic replication and demonstration purposes only. 🧪 Methodology Difference-in-Differences (DiD) with: Firm fixed effects Year fixed effects Event-study style comparisons around acquisition timing Outcome measures include: Capacity utilization Input efficiency (capital, labor, raw materials) Operational performance indicators All analysis is conducted in R using reproducible workflows. 🛠️ Tools & Technologies R RStudio RMarkdown tidyverse fixest / plm ggplot2 📈 Key Findings (Summary) Ownership changes alone do not guarantee improved performance Firms acquired by foreign owners show: Higher capacity utilization Improved input efficiency Domestic acquisitions show limited or no efficiency gains Results align with the hypothesis that implementation of management practices—not just ownership—drives performance differences