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Lausanne Management and Economics Workshop
The workshop brings 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:
Todd Zenger (University of Utah)
Andrea Prat (Columbia University)
The workshop will take place on the campus of University of Lausanne, in the Anthropole Building.
To get there, take metro M1 from the main station (Lausanne gare), exit at UNIL Chamberonne.
Speakers in regular sessions have 40 min, followed by 10 min of Q&A.
Speakers in PhD sessions have 20 min, followed by 10 min of Q&A.
09:30-10:00: Coffee
10:00-11:00: Keynote Lecture
Todd Zenger (University of Utah): "The implications of a theory of people with theories for research and teaching in strategy and economics"
11:10 – 12:50: Governance
Chair: Giorgio Zanarone (HEC Lausanne)
Alfonso Gambardella (Bocconi University): “Board-CEO Matching: A Theory of Theory Alignment”
Christian Zihlmann (University of Fribourg): "Tournaments with Asymmetric Contestants and Subjective Performance Evaluation"
13:00-14:20: Lunch
14:30 – 15:30: PhD Session 1
Chair: Giorgio Zanarone (HEC Lausanne)
Elaine Pak (University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School): “Internal and Market Pay References in Firms”
Jérémie Haese (HEC Lausanne): “Building Two-Sided Platforms: Network Effects and Early-Stage Dynamics”
15:30-15:50: Coffee
16:00- 18:30: Management Practices
Chair: Christian Zehnder (HEC Lausanne)
Francine Lafontaine (University of Michigan, via Zoom): "Mobility-Restricting Covenants in Business Contracts: The Case of Franchising"
Jordi Blanes I Vidal (London School of Economics): “The Productivity of Contract Workers: Evidence from the Emergency Department”
Viola Salvestrini (Bocconi University): “Gender diversity and team's decision-making”
20:00: Dinner (by invitation) at Vieux Lausanne
09:20-09:50: Coffee
09:50-11:30: Innovation & Technology
Chair: John Antonakis (HEC Lausanne)
Erina Ytsma (Carnegie Mellon University): “Gender Differences in the Response to Incentives: Evidence from Academia”
Ming Chen (ETH Zurich): "Technology's Fault Lines: A Seismic Approach to Predicting Technological Breakthroughs and Firm Aftershocks"
11:30-11:50: Coffee Break
12:00 – 13:00: PhD Session 2
Chair: Giorgio Zanarone (HEC Lausanne)
Silvia Castro (LMU Munich) “Cooperation in the Workplace: Experimental Evidence from Knowledge Workers”
Luchi He (London Business School): “Waiting for Opportunity: A Study of Opportunity Assignment and Employee Productivity in a Restaurant Chain”
13:00-14:20: Lunch
14:30 – 15:30: PhD Session 3
Chair: Holger Herz (University of Fribourg)
Tiffany Kreutschy (HEC Lausanne): “Charismatic Leadership: An Antidote to the Pitfalls of Incentives?”
Robin Schimmelpfennig (HEC Lausanne): “Socially Engineering Change in Organizational Culture”
15:30-15:50: Coffee
16:00-17:00: Keynote Lecture
Andrea Prat (Columbia University): "Measuring Organizational Capital "
20:00: Dinner (by invitation) at Auberge de la Gare, Grandvaux
08:30-09:00: Coffee
09:00-11:30: Stakeholders, Institutions & the Environment of Business
Chair: Jean-Philippe Bonardi (HEC Lausanne)
Eliane Barker (Hamilton College): “Unequal Pay for Equal (CEO) Work? Gender Disparities in US Charity Compensation”
Pooyan Khashabi (ESSEC Business School): "Cognitive Ability, Non-Cognitive Ability, and Employee Mobility"
Jason Sockin (Cornell University): “Interviews”
11:30-13:00: Meetings 1:1 Faculty & PhD students (with coffee being served)
13:00-14:30: Lunch
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