Program
The workshop takes place on the campus of University of Lausanne, in the Synathlon building.
You can get there with metro M1 from the main station (Lausanne gare), exit at UNIL Chamberonne and walk through the campus towards Lake Geneva.
Speakers have 30 min, followed by 10 min of discussion and 10 min of Q&A.
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
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).