Organizational Economics Working Group

Raffaella Sadun, Organizer

April 20-21, 2023

FORMAT: 25 minutes for presenter, 10 minutes for discussant, remaining time for Q&A.

Conference Code of Conduct

Thursday, April 20
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am

Outside Options and Worker Motivation
Discussant: Ameet Morjaria, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
9:45 am

Is This Really Kneaded? Identifying and Eliminating Potentially Harmful Monitoring Practices
Discussant: Christopher T. Stanton, Harvard University and NBER
10:30 am
Break
10:50 am

Why Small Firms Fail to Adopt Profitable Opportunities
Discussant: Miriam Bruhn, The World Bank
11:35 am

Daddy's Girl: Daughters, Managerial Decisions, and Gender Inequality
Discussant: Paul Gompers, Harvard University and NBER
12:20 pm
Lunch - Skyline ABC Room
1:30 pm

Cultural Homophily and Collaboration in Superstar Teams (slides)
Discussant: Erik Snowberg, University of Utah and NBER
2:15 pm

Organizational Responses to Product Cycles
Discussant: Kate S. Whitefoot, Carnegie Mellon University
3:00 pm
Break
3:15 pm

Organizational and Economic Obstacles to Automation: A Cautionary Tale from AT&T in the Twentieth Century (slides)
Discussant: James Bessen, Boston University
The next session will not be livestreamed.
4:00 pm
Guest Speaker: Larry Culp, CEO of General Electric
5:00 pm
Adjourn
6:00 pm
Group Dinner at Bambara (across the street from the Royal Sonesta)
Friday, April 21
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am

Shaping Institutions
Discussant: Alessandro Bonatti, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
9:45 am

Loyalty in Tournaments
Discussant: Gerard Padró I Miquel, Yale University and NBER
10:30 am
Break
10:50 am

Subjective versus Objective Incentives and Employee Productivity
Discussant: Daniela Scur, Cornell University
11:35 am

Do Non-Monetary Interventions Improve Staff Retention? Evidence from English NHS Hospitals
Discussant: Ambar La Forgia, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
12:20 pm
Working Lunch and Guest Speaker: David Autor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
1:30 pm
Adjourn