Ray Fisman
Who says economics is the dismal science? A quick glance at the range of topics at Columbia Business School Professor Ray Fisman has tackled suggests otherwise: the parking behavior of U.N. diplomats, discussed in a 2007 article in the Journal of Political Economy , and racial preferences in dating, explored the following year in the Review of Economic Studies . Fisman, the Lambert Family Professor of Social Enterprise at Columbia, is an eclectic scholar whose research is just as likely to show up in academic journals as in online publications like Slate , where he has a monthly column. His latest book, The Org: The Underlying Logic of Office Life , co-authored with Tim Sullivan, editorial director of Harvard Business Review Press, was published earlier this year to glowing reviews. "An amiable guide, enjoyably wry without being jokey," said The Wall Street Journal . And Fortune praised it for its "casual, engaging" style. The book explores the organizational economics of office life, from the lowly cubicle to the CEO's corner office. Their conclusion—that no matter how annoying, organizations are essential to get anything done—is illustrated through case studies of organizations as diverse as McDonald's, al-Qaeda and the United Methodist Church.
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