#AcademicRunPlaylist - 4/16/24

I had a great day in DC at the Edison Electric Institute discussing "AI," and my significant travel time today gave me lots of time to listen to talk for my #AcademicRunPlaylist!

First was an important symposium on race and organizations at Brown University with Daniel Hirschman, Lucius Couloute, and Ellen Berrey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YA1QQM-ujLc

Next was a great talk by Cindy Hsin-Liu Kao on hybrid skins (!) - conformable interfaces that combine social, expressive, and technological aspects - at Cornell University https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkBjjOAi4Ag

Next was a thought-provoking conversation with Herbert Hovenkamp on the history and present of US antitrust on the Digital Markets Research Hub. The discussion elides many of the glaring failures of the last ~40 years of US antitrust and repeats the same mistakes, but does provide some nice historical context https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZB1LLc2CuGU

Next was a fascinating talk by Heather Lee on the relationship between Chinese restaurants, immigration, and labor history in the US https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRbyRp06s74

Next was an interesting talk by Andreas Kokkinis on the case for employee participation in corporate governance at the Cambridge Faculty of Law https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3kEhsg6z4w

Next was an excellent panel on competition, industrial policy, and developing countries at the New York University School of Law with Dennis Davis, Frédéric Jenny, and Simon Roberts. IMO you can skip the industry panelists https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCpWrKtLaO8

Next was a nice talk by Irena Grugulis on the importance of learning from empirical observations in research and combining qualitative and quantitative data at the Alliance Manchester Business School https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUDFSK6cEOw

Next was an intriguing talk by Chris Magee on building more accurate models of technological change at the Oxford Martin School https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWJtcVuYR4U

Next was a timely panel on recent labor activity in the US - including sectoral bargaining, protecting child workers from exploitation, and more at the Burnes Center for Social Change with Seth Harris (👋), Terri Gerstein, and Ali Bustamante https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbGi5ypKVI8

Last was an intriguing conversation on effective corporate governance for directors at INSEAD with Ludo Van der Heyden and Massimo Massa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s37EUZQv9aI

Next was an incredible talk by Matt Beane (👋) on the co-development of robots and career-enhancing skills at the Stanford Digital Economy Lab. Matt does a deep dive into how the colocation of low paid workers who helped train robotic systems led to these workers developing other skills and entering more highly compensated career tracks. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8RvhPUOXlk

Last was a fantastic talk by Steven Kaplan on the holistic performance of private equity firms at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Kaplan takes a hammer to much of the criticism of the sector, demonstrating that much publicized job-losses and process changes are likely not the result of PE ownership, while these firms show superior returns to the public markets. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4eohK6WHdE