CALL FOR PAPERS for the 10th Empirical Management Conference

For the 10th year, we will be running a conference on empirical management, focused on recent empirical research on measuring and exploring management, organizational and leadership practices.

 

  • Date: December 12 (8am) to December 13 (noon), 2024

  • Place: Harvard Business School


WMS 2024 report: launch event

How much does management matter in an era of disruption?

A converstation with John Van Reenen (LSE), Tera Allas (McKinsey & Company), Daniela Scur (Cornell University)


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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