Lausanne Management and Economics Workshop
2024

The workshop brought together leading senior scholars and rising junior scholars interested in studying management problems (such as business strategy, innovation, governance & organization, and leadership) using the analytical tools and perspective of economics.

Keynote speakers: 

• Alfonso Gambardella (Bocconi)

• Robert Gibbons (MIT Sloan School of Management)

• Lamar Pierce (Washington University in St. Louis)

Thursday, January 18, 2024, Synathlon Building Room 1216

08:30-09:00: Coffee

09:00 – 10:40: Innovation & Technology
Chair: Christian Peukert (HEC Lausanne, University of Lausanne)

Maria Roche (Harvard Business School): Incentivizing Innovation in Open Source: Evidence from the GitHub Sponsors Program.

Discussant: Luise Eisfeld (HEC Lausanne, University of Lausanne)

Tobias Kretschmer (LMU Munich): Identity Provisions and Indirect Contributions in Internal Idea Contest. 

Discussant: Yash Shrehsta (HEC Lausanne, University of Lausanne)

10:40-11:00: Coffee

11:00 – 12:40: Innovation & Governance
Chair: Giorgio Zanarone (HEC Lausanne, University of Lausanne)

Claudio Panico (Bocconi University): Who controls what, and when? Control, incentives, and coordination problems in team production.

Discussant: Gaetan De Rassenfosse (EPFL)

Matthew Mitchell (University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management): Selling Checkmarks.

Discussant: Ricard Gil (Queen's University and IESE)

12:40-13:40: Lunch

14:00- 15:40: Stakeholders, Institutions & the Environment of Business

Chair: Jean-Philippe Bonardi (HEC Lausanne, University of Lausanne)

Miguel Espinosa (Bocconi University): Value Dissonance at the Workplace.

Discussant: Desmond Lo (Santa Clara University)

Namrata Kala (MIT, Sloan School of Management): How Rules and Compliance Impact Organizational Outcomes: Evidence from Delegation in Environmental Regulation.

Discussant: Jamila Nigmatulina (HEC Lausanne, University of Lausanne)

15:40-16:00: Coffee Break

16:00-17:00: Keynote Lecture

Alfonso Gambardella (Bocconi University): Theory-Driven Strategic Management Decisions.

19:00: Dinner (by invitation) at Restaurant du Théâtre

Friday, January 19, 2024, Synathlon Building Room 1216

08:30-09:00: Coffee

09:00-11:30: Governance, Contracts & Organization

Chair: Giorgio Zanarone (HEC Lausanne, University of Lausanne)

Annamaria Conti (IE Business School): The Hidden Costs of Fairness in Platform Markets.

Discussant: Roxana Mihet (HEC Lausanne, University of Lausanne)

Jin Li (University of Hong Kong): Governance and Management of the Autonomous Organizations.

Discussant: Jose Parra-Moyano (IMD)

Francisco Brahm (London Business School): Barriers to Organizational Performance: Experimental Evidence of the Importance of Relational Contracts.

Discussant: Holger Herz (University of Fribourg)

11:30-11:40: Coffee Break

11:40-12:40: Keynote Lecture

Lamar Pierce (Washington University): canceled.

12:40-13:40: Lunch

14:00-16:30: Employment & Behavior

Chair: Christian Zehnder (HEC Lausanne, University of Lausanne)

Anja Schottner (Humboldt University): Performance pay, internal control, and corporate misconduct.

Discussant: Karl Schmedders (IMD)

Florian Englmaier (LMU Munich): The Value of Leadership: Evidence from a Large-Scale Field Experiment.

Discussant: John Antonakis (HEC Lausanne, University of Lausanne)

Roberto Weber (University of Zurich): Are women less effective leaders than men? Evidence from experiments using coordination games.

Discussant: Christian Zehnder (HEC Lausanne, University of Lausanne)

16:30-17:00: Coffee

17:00-18:00: Keynote Lecture

Robert Gibbons (MIT Sloan School of Management): Managing Conflicting Understandings: Building, Copying, or Changing Equilibria.

19:00: Dinner (by invitation) at Restaurant Chalet Suisse

Saturday, January 20, 2024

Social event: Full-day ski trip in close-by resort (self-funded, approx. CHF 140, incl. train tickets).