... on the need for more replications but also more (good) theories economist.com/leaders/2023/1…

Amateurs think in absolutes.
Professionals think in probabilities.

Exciting Lineup of papers from the Empirical Management Conference 🧵

Join the K&I Session 2486 - Foundational Scholar Interview with Rajshree Agarwal
Marco S. Giarratana Elizabeth J. Altman #sms2023

The next NBER Organizational Economics Working Group meeting will take place in Cambridge on November 16 and 17th 2023. Please submit your papers & retweet!

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Such an amazing and unexpected moment! Thanks to the STR division and kudos to us :D Audra Wormald & Francesca

Today Academy of Management @ 1PM, Marriott Salon F: The competitive advantage of theories. With Rajshree Agarwal Dan Levinthal Ramana Nanda Violina Rindova Erin L Scott, PhD Scott Stern Todd Zenger Arnaldo Camuffo Alfonso Gambardella Andrea Coali

Program now available for the CEPR Incentives, Management and Organization (IMO) & Entrepreneurship Economics (ENT) workshop hosted Luiss Guido Carli in Rome Sept 7-8:

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Join us at #AOM2023 in Boston for a cutting-edge PDW on the competitive advantage of theories and experimentation in strategy🎯

🗓️Save the date: Sat Aug 5, 1PM-4PM.
🎯Panel discussion &🕹️Gaming session
✍️Learn more & register here: andreacoali.com/pdw-aom-2023

Register for ourPDW on 5Aug, 1pm STR - Strategic Management Division to discuss about #decisionmaking and new #games to use in your teaching and research. With Rajshree Agarwal Dan Levinthal Ramana Nanda Violina Rindova Erin L Scott, PhD Scott Stern Todd Zenger Arnaldo Camuffo Alfonso Gambardella Andrea Coali

Arnaldo Camuffo Arnaldo Camuffo Alfonso Gambardella Alfonso Gambardella & Andrea Pignataro Università Bocconi 'Theory Driven Strategic Management Decisions'

CEPR WP
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#VeniceSummerInstitute2023 #BigData #ManagementPractices workshop CESifo Predictive People Analytics

#CESifo summer institute on #bigdata and #decisions in firms organized by ⁦Florian Englmaier⁩ and ⁦Nick Bloom⁩. Located in lovely Venice! ⁦Alfonso Gambardella⁩

.... documents for AI Paul David's point (Computer & Dynamo AER 1990) that it takes time for societies to adjust to technologies ... Your job is (probably) safe from artificial intelligence economist.com/finance-and-ec…

Arnaldo Camuffo Andrea Coali Alfonso Gambardella Haji msangi Anna Temu Audra Wormald Not all hypotheses-testing are the same. Our field experiments found that testing hypotheses developed with a theory of value allowed for more coordinated changes and translated in greater profits than those tested without the upfront guidance of theory!

Yes! What is the value of developing a theory to guide experimentation? With Rajshree Agarwal, FrancescaBacco, @AndreaCoali, Alfonso Gambardella, Haji msangi, Steven Sonka, Anna Temu, Betty Waized and Audra Wormald we explore this with an RCT in Tanzania papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

New paper in JOM by steve blank and Jonathan Eckhardt nicely reviewing The Lean Startup. Highlights theory preceding experimentation as critical but also as current area of weakness. See theory-based view. Teppo Felin Alfonso Gambardella journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…

Looking forward to chatting with my friend David Laibson today. If you are around campus please stop by….details below.

In Aer 1990 Paul David's computer & dynamo: new technologies take ages till complementary assets are in place (productivity paradox). No longer applies? Are we planning research on it? ... Generative AI set to affect 300mn jobs across major economies ft.com/content/7dec44…

Amazing work by the amazing Claudio A must read if interested in value creation/appropriation, and the interplay of competition and cooperation. And yes, it is a highly sophisticated formal paper, but Claudio is a master at making it easy for everyone to go through it💫

PATENT REMEDIES AND TECHNOLOGY LICENSING: EVIDENCE FROM A SUPREME COURT DECISION ift.tt/jfAF6k3