Policy & Media

HBR · 2026The US Research Talent Pipeline is in troublewith P. Azoulay and R. Sadun — Harvard Business Review (also NBER WP 35330)

VoxEU · 2024Good management practices are great for productivity… as well as profit shifting

LSE · 2021Many of us will return to offices — but not for the whole weekLSE Festival Blog

VoxEU · 2020Understanding the impact of government aid to firms in the COVID-19 pandemic

CentrePiece · 2019Structured management: how firms can hire and keep the best peopleCentrePiece Magazine

LSE · 2019How management structures can help firms hire and keep their best peopleLSE Business Review

VoxDev · 2018A family affair: are dynastic CEOs worse managers?

LSE · 2018Second-generation family CEOs: are they up to the task?LSE Business Review

RISE · 2017A conference year in review: a personal highlight reel on education systems research

World Bank · 2017A family affair: are dynastic CEOs really worse managers?Development Impact blog

OECD · 2017Management and industrialisation in Africa

RISE · 2016India's unrealized potential

World Bank · 2016What does research on education systems look like? A run-down of the RISE 2016 conferencewith David Evans and Lee Crawfurd — Development Impact blog

RISE · 2016What do we mean by "coherent education systems"?

CentrePiece · 2013Bad management: a constraint on economic development?with R. Lemos

PEDL · 2016Management and productivity in the private sectorwith N. Bloom, R. Lemos, R. Sadun and J. Van Reenen — PEDL Policy Insights Series

Report · 2015Helping firms by helping employees?with N. Bloom, R. Sadun and J. Van Reenen

Itaú Social · 2015Práticas de gestão em escolas públicas e privadas no Brasilwith R. Lemos — Fundação Itaú Social

IGC · 2014Management practices in manufacturing — Mozambiquewith R. Lemos — IGC Working Paper

Perspectivas · 2013Todo se queda en familia?with R. Lemos — Perspectivas

IGC · 2012Are poor management practices holding back middle-income countries?with N. Bloom and R. Lemos — IGC Policy Briefs

IGC · 2012Describing practices in the public and private sectors in Indiawith R. Lemos — IGC Working Paper

AP News · 2026Meet the researchers leaving the US because of Trump's funding cuts and politicization of scienceAssociated Press (October 19, 2026)

HBS · 2026With Science Funding Cuts, US Risks Future Talent DroughtHBS Working Knowledge (October 7, 2026)

Harvard Gazette · 2026Survey of young researchers raises concerns over future of science in U.S.Harvard Gazette (September 4, 2026)

AAU · 2026Study Shows Early-Career Scientists in the U.S. Are Rethinking Their Future in AcademiaAssociation of American Universities (July 23, 2026)

Forbes · 2026Trump's Research Policies Are Rattling The Career Plans Of Young ScientistsForbes (June 16, 2026)

Science · 2026Are young scientists really leaving the United States?ScienceAdviser newsletter, Science (2026)

Cornell Chronicle · 2024Firms with structured management practices fare betterCornell Chronicle (October 31, 2024)

Cornell Chronicle · 2021Structured management protocols help firms thriveCornell Chronicle (October 18, 2021)

MIT Sloan · 2019Structured management practices lead to better HR outcomesMIT Ideas Made to Matter (July 31, 2019)

Bus. Insider · 2019A haphazard approach to talent doesn't workBusiness Insider (December 3, 2019)

New faculty interview. Cornell University, October 2019

Interview, Global School Leaders

Mini-interview at the Lindau Nobel Laureate Economic Sciences meeting. Lindau, Germany, August 2017

Presentation at the Empirical Management Conference 2017 (World Bank) →