Raffaella Sadun

Raffaella Sadun serves as the Charles E. Wilson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. She directs the Organizational Economics Working Group at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and holds affiliations with the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics and the Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR).

Her research centers on managerial and organizational drivers of productivity and growth across private and public sectors. As co-founder of the World Management Survey and Executive Time Use Study, she pioneered empirical frameworks analyzing management practices in over 20,000 firms globally and executive time allocation patterns.

Recent publications reveal consistent focus on organizational strategy, remote work dynamics, healthcare management, and executive leadership, applying rigorous economic analysis to real-world institutional challenges across healthcare, labor markets, and public policy domains.

Her scientific recognition includes:

• Grande Ufficiale dell'Ordine "Al Merito della Repubblica Italiana" (2021)

Professor Sadun leads NBER's Organizational Economics Working Group and co-founded the World Management Survey—a landmark project measuring management practices across 40+ countries. She also initiated the Executive Time Use Study to investigate leadership time allocation through direct observation of executives.