NEWS

Successful run of the 9th Empirical Management Conference

Between December 13 and December 15, we ran the 9th edition of the Empirical Management Conference.

 

During the three-day conference, which took place at Stanford University, researchers presented their recent empirical studies on measuring and exploring management and organizational practices.

 

Click here to access the conference program.

 

Thank you to all the participants and panelists!


Management Practices in Further Education

Researchers Sandra McNally, Luis Schmidt, and Anna Valero have just had their paper “Do Management Practices Matter in Further Education? ” accepted for publication at Economica.

 

Click here to access the ungated version of the manuscript.

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