BPS Seminars (Fall 2008)

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

TIE/Strategy

September 22nd (Lab Session) Jim Utterback
September 29th (Classic session (topic tbd)) Ramana Nanda
October 6th (STRATEGY SEMINAR)
October 20th (Lab Session) Ethan Mollick
Oct. 27th (STRATEGY SEMINAR) Scott Stern
November 3rd (Lab Session) Sung Joo Bae and Chuck Eesley
November 17th (Classic session (topic tbd)) Alan MacCormack
December 1st (STRATEGY SEMINAR) Nick Bloom
December 15th (Classic session (topic tbd)) 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