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)

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