The diffusion of state-of-the-art managerial practices after WWII helped European firms close the productivity gap with U.S. companies

Thank you for covering my work!

Looking forward to chairing an exciting session on managers, firm performance and worker outcomes. See you all at 10am today in CC 305 with the fabulous Robert Metcalfe Virginia Minni Alessandra Fenizia Laura Boudreau @danielascur

Thanks a lot for coming!

Next week, the Reimagining the Economy Project will bring together researchers & practitioners from around the world to take stock of the current thinking on productive development policies & how these tools are being applied to a range of domains. Agenda: hks.harvard.edu/centers/wiener…

Michela Giorcelli discusses the utility of historical studies in understanding the effects of industrial policy. In particular, her work on Marshall Plan and it’s utility for thinking about SME policy.

Had a great time discussing the interaction between industrial policy and SMEs’ constraints. Thanks to the organizers and to Nathan Lane for coverage!

Very interesting interview by Professor Saeidinezhad on the shift in global dollar funding to non-banks and synthetic instruments

Un libro che spiega in modo chiaro e preciso temi fondamentali della finanza personale, scritto dall’esperta mondiale di educazione finanziaria Prof. Annamaria Lusardi

A huge thank to Gustavo de Souza for organizing a great conference on Growth and Development at Chicago Fed and including my paper on Sino-Soviet technology transfer with Bo Li. Grateful to Dimitrije Ruzic for an insightful discussion.

UCLA will be hosting the 17th Annual All-California Labor Economics Conference (ACLEC)! We are excited to host ACLEC this year and hope you can attend! The deadline to submit papers is July 31: ccpr.ucla.edu/2024/06/21/251…

Tune in here for Spotify 😊: open.spotify.com/episode/6Otqov…

Honored to be part of theInnovation and Diffusion Podcast The Innovation and Diffusion Podcast. Thanks a lot to Ruveyda Nur Gozen for a stimulating conversation covering many aspects of my research and to John Van Reenen and Centre for Economic Performance for hosting me! Can’t wait to listen to the next episodes of the series.