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  I just saw this article about the impact of having women on boards: http://www.triplepundit.com/2013/07/women-on-boards-directors-increase-profits-sustainability/    

A recent piece in Poets & Quants discusses survey results presented at the Council on Business & Society. The survey asked current MBAs to rank the biggest societal challenges for businesses today. Environmental protection topped the list. Survey results were … Continue reading →

Moderator: Prof. Ernst Maug, University of Mannheim, Business School Speakers: Prof. Alexandra Niessen-Ruenzi , University of Mannheim, Business School; Mr. Michael de Fabiani, Board member and Chairman of Appointments, Remuneration and Governance  Committee, Vallourec   Prof. Niessen-Ruenzi started this session … Continue reading →

Harsh discussions about corporate governance and the role of government have been increasing steadily from the last decade.  Regulations represent multidimensional trade-offs and sometimes even end up on opposite results, since risk aversion may cause reduction on informational efficiency and … Continue reading →

Plenary Panel No. 3 – CEO: Power and Accountability Moderators: Prof Pino Audia, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth Prof. Ernst Maug, University of Mannheim Business School Speakers: Mr. Peter Solmssen, General Counsel, Siemens Mr. Gilles Pélisson, Former Chairman of … Continue reading →

After yesterday where the conference focused on corporate governance, today we turned to the topic of leadership. To kick off the session on Accountability and its Limits, Professor Pino Audia of Tuck, noted that leadership is an important substitute as … Continue reading →

Kevin Tay and Marret Arfsten,  second-year students at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, led an interactive session using the 2010 BP oil spill crisis as a case study for how the  media impacts CEO effectiveness .  By holding … Continue reading →

Speaker: Mr.Geoffroy Roux de Bezieux, CEO, OMEA Telecom/Virgin Mobile Entrepreneurial Leadership vis a vis Stakeholders <Summary> – Is the corporate governance necessary for startup companies? Yes – On the opinion of Mr. Geoffroy, corporate governance is an issue for all leaders … Continue reading →

Integrity is in part of our day-to-day operations, the way we operate, the way we do things, and how we act together. Integrity among employees, dealers, suppliers, and customers creates efficiency that is hard to copy by our competitors, and … Continue reading →

Speakers: Jose-Miguel Gaspar, Professor – ESSEC; Vincent Gombault, Managing Director – Axa Private Equity; Jean-Louis Grevet, Founding and Managing Partner – Perceva Capital Do we understand private equity well? At times, some cliches from the 1980s blur our understanding. The … Continue reading →