Why Management Practice Matters
In this episode, Mihir sits down with HBS economist Rafaella Sadun, who has dug deep into why and how management practices matter with award-winning large-sample empirical work. Rafaella discusses the problems and promise of family ownership, why Americans do IT better, the secrets of her productive partnership and how she came to economics, and her recommendation for a biography of a pioneering female economist.
Recent picks, and recommended reading/websites:
No Ordinary Woman: The Life of Edith Penrose by Angela Penrose (Book)
Why Do We Undervalue Competent Management? by Raffaella Sadun, Nicholas Bloom, and John Van Reenen (HBR Article)
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