The Innovation and Diffusion Podcast

S2 E3: Firms, Management Surveys, and Practices with Raffaella Sadun from HBS

The Innovation and Diffusion Podcast

Show Notes

Our guest is Raffaella Sadun from Harvard Business School and we talk about organisations, managerial culture and capital, competition, natural disaster managements, and more! Don't miss out!

05:30 Productivity, Management, and World Management Survey

13:00 Through Which Channels Does Management Affect Productivity?

15:00 Key Factors Behind Good Management

18:41 What is "Managerial Capital"? And How to Find Them?

22:30 Decentralisation, Top Down vs Bottom Up Approach

28:00 How Did Management Practices Change As a Response to the Pandemic?

31:00 CEO Pay, and Gaps in the Literature

37:00 Cheezy Questions!

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