Leading Management Scholar Advancing Global Productivity Research
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Harvard UniversityRaffaella Sadun, Charles E. Wilson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, has revolutionized our understanding of managerial practices and organizational productivity. After earning her PhD in Economics from the London School of Economics, she has built a distinguished career combining rigorous academic research with practical business insights. As co-founder of landmark initiatives like the World Management Survey and the Executive Time Use Study, she has pioneered new methods for measuring management practices across organizations and countries. Her groundbreaking research on productivity drivers has been published in prestigious journals including The Quarterly Journal of Economics and American Economic Review. Currently serving as Senior Associate Dean for HBS Publishing and co-chair of Harvard Business School's Project on Managing the Future of Work, she leads the Digital Reskilling Lab studying large-scale organizational training investments. Her contributions to economic policy and management science have earned her numerous accolades, including the Grande Ufficiale dell'Ordine "Al Merito della Repubblica Italiana" in 2021 and the Fondazione de Sanctis Prize for Economic Sciences in 2022