Feb 16, 2016
The first academic book I got when I started at McGill was “Intermediate Microeconomics: A modern approach” by Hal Varian. It got me hooked on the subject. He is now both “Chief economist” at Google, and professor at Berkeley; and still does brilliant research....
Dec 11, 2015
The people we work with are a great source of inspiration, or demotivate; some fill us with energy, others drain it. These are the results from a study by Gerbasi et. al. (2015) “Destructive de-energizing relationships: How thriving buffers their effect on...
Oct 28, 2015
My takeaway from the article: Encourage my two advisers to become editors of prestigious journals! This extract from the conclusion says a lot: The social effect is particularly relevant for former PhD students and university colleagues of the editor; for instance,...
Oct 25, 2015
Why Organizations Don’t Learn Idea in Brief The Problem Even companies dedicated to continuous improvement struggle to stay on the path. Research suggests that’s because of deeply ingrained biases: We focus too much on success, take action too quickly, try...
Oct 21, 2015
What they now want to publish. in short: The excitement comes from the balanced interpretation of the mission “to publish empirical research that tests, extends, or builds management theory and contributes to management practice.” In broader discussions on management...
Oct 10, 2015
I have had my first graduate class in Methodology, and have thus been primed to focus on potential flaws in research design. No wonder then, that when an article called: “Making it all up – The behavioral science Scandal” appeared in my facebook timline, I...
