BPS Seminars (Fall 2008)
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BPS seminar's this semester include:
- Monday 11:30-13:00: TIE Strategy Seminar
- Tuesday 13:00-14:30: IWER Seminar
- Wednesday 15:30-17:00: MIT-Harvard Economic Sociology Seminar
- Friday 12:00-13:30 Organizational Studies
Unless otherwise noted, all sessions meet in E52-598 (the Forrester room).
TIE/Strategy
- September 22nd (Lab Session) Jim Utterback
- September 29th (Classic session) Ramana Nanda
- October 6th (Strategy Seminar)
- October 20th (Lab Session) Ethan Mollick
- October 27th (Strategy Seminar) Scott Stern
- November 3rd (Lab Session) Sung Joo Bae and Chuck Eesley
- November 17th (Classic session) Alan MacCormack
- December 1st (Strategy Seminar) Nick Bloom
- December 15th (Classic session) Danny Breznitz
IWER
Information and papers can be found on the IWER seminar website.
- Sep 9: David Autor, MIT (Inequality and Specialization: The Growth of Low-Skill Service Employment in the US)
- Sep 1: Harry Holzer, Georgetown University (Workforce Development, Middle-Skill Jobs, and Anti-Poverty Policies)
- Sep 2: Bruce Western, Harvard University (Inequality Among American Families with Children, 1975 to 2005)
- Sep 3: Charles Heckscher, Rutgers University (Collaborative Organization and the Quality of Health Care Delivery)
- Oct 7: Special Lunchtime Presentation: Arnold Zack and Lisa Lynch, Brandeis University (The Adoption and Diffusion of Organizational Innovation: Evidence for the US Economy)
- Oct 1: Peter Doeringer, Boston University (Garment District Performance: S(weatshop)-efficiency vs. I(innovation)- efficiency)
- Oct 2: Aparna Joshi, University of Illinois (Cat's in the Cradle: A Theory of Generations in the Workplace)
- Oct 2: Helen Hsi, MIT Sloan School of Management (TBA)
- Nov 4: Carola Frydman, MIT Sloan School of Management (Executive Compensation: A New View from a Long-Term Perspective, 1936-2005)
- Nov 1: John-Paul Ferguson, MIT Sloan School of Management (Space Invaders: Category Reconfiguration and Diversification in Union Organizing Drives 1961-1999)
- Nov 2: Ryan Hammond, MIT Sloan School of Management (Dolly's Dilemma: The Dynamics of Replicating Knowledge Intensive Projects at the IFC)
- Dec 2: Alan Benson, MIT Sloan School of Management (Employer Concentration and Staffing Strategies: The Case of Hospital Nurses)
- Dec 9: Special Lunchtime Presentation: Lynn Pyun, MIT, DUSP and Seth Pipkin, MIT Sloan School of Management (The ‘Institutional Switchmen’ of Industrial Upgrading: Observations From Apparel Manufacturing in Guatemala and Columbia)
Economic Sociology
- September 17th (Harvard location): Ethan Mollick, MIT
- September 24th (MIT location): Ted Gerber, Wisconsin
- October 1st (Harvard location): Sim Sitkin, Duke
- October 8th (MIT location): Matt Jackson, Stanford
- October 15th (Harvard location): Lauren Rivera, Harvard
- October 22nd (MIT location): Cat Turco, Harvard
- October 29th (Harvard location): John-Paul Ferguson, MIT
- November 5th (MIT location): Elizabeth Pontikes, Chicago
- November 12th (Harvard location): Eva Boxenbaum, Copenhagen Business School
- November 19th (MIT location): Yanbo Wang, MIT
- December 3rd (Harvard location): Jason Greenberg, MIT
- December 10th (MIT location): Greta Hsu, UC Davis
Organizational Studies
More information is on the OSG Colloqium website.
- September 26: Sim Sitkin, Duke University
- October 3: Jeffrey Sanchez-Burks, University of Michigan
- October 10: Erin Leahey, University of Arizona
- October 17: Heng (Alice) Xu, MIT Sloan
- October 24: No meeting (SIP week)
- October 31: Tanya Menon, University of Chicago
- November 7: Ellen Kossek, Michigan State University
- November 14: Jason Greenberg, MIT Sloan
- November 21: Jared Curhan, MIT Sloan
- November 28: No meeting (Thanksgiving)
- December 5: Sigal Barsade, University of Pennsylvania