Next was an incredible talk by Somya Singhvi on a data-driven approach to improving artisans' productivity in distributed supply chains in rural #India at #IIMA. Singhvi shows how supervisor visits positively correlate with quantitative productivity measures that generate meaningful income gains for workers. Importantly this isn't micro-management - these are distributed environments, so there are days or weeks between visits. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irck0HxPOKA (3/6) #economics #management

Last was a thorough talk by Jossy Mathew on #HRM tensions in project-based organizations at #IIMA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSVx7v-yXeo (8/8)

Next was an excellent talk by Mallesh Pai on inferring the wisdom of the crowd at #IIMA. Simply averaging expectations doesn't always work, and Pai presents an elegant mechanism on identifying surprisingly popular responses to infer correct answers. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8VjMnt89Ck (8/10)

Next was a nice talk by Viswanath Pingali on policy uncertainty and foreign firm behavior at #IIMA. Using Indian pharmaceutical industry dynamics, Pingali showed that foreign firms react more negatively in the presence of uncertainty than domestic firms, but firms who operate in this context frequently seem to be able to adapt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVnqAUjy3DE (4/6) #economics #India

Last was an engaging talk by Andrey Fradkin on determining if incentives to review on #platforms helps the market at #IIMA. Using data from #Airbnb, Fradkin shows that review incentives generally lead to more negative reviews and don't seem to impact financial metrics at all https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuVtYMwXyaA (8/8)

Next was an excellent talk by Vishal Gupta on #leadership theory, practice, and reality at #IIMA. While I wish there was a bit more research discussed, Gupta's perspective on leaders and the (lack of) complete leadership experts was very refreshing and insightful. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGok67B3azQ (4/7)

Next was a great talk by Shreyas Sekar on disintermediation on online #platforms at #IIMA. While many platforms have a problem with disintermediation, this is the first treatment I've seen that develops a model to help guide platform incentive design to achieve better outcomes for everyone https://lnkd.in/giUx_pjr (5/9) #economics #tech