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Keynote speeches

2024

May 31 - 3rd International Festival of Economics, Turin: "Who owns knowledge?, Keynote

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March 19 - National Bank of Belgium and CEPR, Workshop of Reaching Net-Zero: Electricity markets, carbon pricing

and firms'  responses, Keynote, "Ray of Hope? China and the rise of solar energy", slides 

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January 11 - Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Research and Statistics Group, Keynote"Ray of Hope? China and the

rise of solar energy", slides 

 

2023

July 28 - Nanyang Technological University, Singapore: Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society (AMES),

Keynote"Management and the Wealth of Nations", slides

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June 28 - University of Nottingham, Symposium on Management, Innovation and Firm Performance, Keynote, "Management and the Wealth of Nations", slides

 

June 21 - HEC Paris: Conference on "Firm organization and capabilities", Keynote presentation, "America's missing

entrepreneurs", slides

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June 16 - University of Manchester: Conference on "Productivity Revolutions: Past and Future", Keynote, "Management and the Wealth of Nations", slides

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June 14 - World Bank: 1st Digitrans Project Retreat, Keynote, "Management and the Wealth of Nations",

slides

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2022

December 14-15 - Empirical Management Conference, IFC, USA, Keynote, "The Natural Laws of

Management", slides, video

 

July 8 - 2022 Annual Conference of the OECD Global Forum on Productivity (GFP), Keynote, "The Case for

Growth: Threats and Opportunities", slides

 

June 10 - CEPR Annual Symposium in Labour Economics 2022, "Inequalities among firms: Implications for Labour

Markets", slides

 

May 5 - ZEW Public Finance Conference, Mannheim, Keynote,  "The Case for Growth: Innovation and Diffusion Policies",

slides

 

April 29 - The Sandmo Lecture on Public Policy, Bergen, Norway, Keynote,  "Inequality and Superstar Firms", slides

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2021

October 14 - 10th CompNet Annual Conference (co-hosted by Banque de France), slides

 

September 14 - Dublin Economic Workshop, "Is it time to rethink Ireland’s economic model?", video
 

2020

September 18 - ESCOE Annual Conference Keynote, “Finding the Measure of Management”

 

August 27 - Rotterdam, CAED Keynote, “Organizational Data for the COVID Era”

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​2019​

October 21 - Productivity Workshop, Santiago, Management and the Wealth of Nations

 

October 21 - CEPR Organizational and Entrepreneurship Economics, “Management and the Wealth of Nations”

 

September 26 - CEPR Economics Conference, London, Keynote "Management and the Wealth of Nations"

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August 31 - Barcelona, EARIE Annual Conference, Keynote "Changes in Market Structure"

 

May 24 - LSE, “Industrial Policy”

 

January 30 - Zurich, “Future of Work”

 

2018

November 19 - Bank of Portugal, article

 

November 16 - Bank of Italy, “Future of Work”

 

November 8 - OECD/BEIS, “Future of Work”

 

August - Jackson Hole, “Increasing Differences Between Firms: Market Power and the Macro-Economy”, 

discussion paper

 

June 18 - Banque de France/College de France Conference on Productivity, slides

 

June 13 - Lost Einsteins, IGL Annual Conference, Cambridge MA, programme

 

May 22-23 - University of Essex, Management, Technology and the Wealth of Nations, Lipsey Lectures

 

2017

December 8 - Management and the Wealth of Nations, Empirical Management Conference, World Bank

 

August 25 - Jackson Hole, Globalization and the Economic Impact of Brexit,

 

August 21 - Schumpeter Lecture, European Economic Association, Lisbon, slides

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2016

November 18 - ADIA Global Investors Annual Conference Keynote, Abu Dubai

 

March - Plenary Panel on Brexit, Royal Economic Society Annual Conference

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​2015

July 1 - CE2/Polish Economic Association Annual Conference

 

2014

September 15 - CES-Ifo Economics of Education Keynote address, Munich, slides

 

February 28 - Richard Stone Lecture, Cambridge University

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​2013

December 13 - Spanish Economic Association, Santander, keynote address

 

September 9 - Marcus Wallenberg Foundation Conference, Stockholm, slides

 

July 10 - Australasian Econometric Society Annual Meetings, Sydney

 

July 9 - Organizational Economics Workshop

 

May 30 - FBBVA Annual Lecture, Madrid

 

May 23 - “UK Productivity Puzzles” Bank of England Chief Economist’s Workshop, slides

 

April  - Royal Economic Society Conference Plenary on Growth Commission

 

January 4 - EEA/FBBVA Annual Lecture at American Economic Association, San Diego

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2012

October 5 - Family Business Network Annual Global conference

 

June 21 - European Society for Population Economics Keynote, "Wage Inequality, Skill Demand and Skill Supply:

Recent evidence", Berne, Switzerland, slides

 

April 26 - Irish Economic Association, Dublin, slides

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2011

November 22 - Esmee Fairburn Lecture, Lancaster University Management School 

 

October 10 - Fondazione Rodolfo Debenedetti Lecture, Milan, video  

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