Climate change is again among the top-ranked risks threatening societies, economies and international peace and security. There is emerging consensus that gl...
Sponsored by the Science and Technology Innovation Program.
Gisli Olafsson, Emergency Response Director of NetHope,...
Sponsored by the Science and Technology Innovation Program.
Gisli Olafsson, Emergency Response Director of NetHope, will discuss how digital age technologies, like social media, are revolutionizing the way humanitarian response will be conducted in the future.
About the Presenter: Called one of the "7 Hottest CEOs " by Treehugger. com and one of Red Herring's "Top 25...
About the Presenter: Called one of the "7 Hottest CEOs " by Treehugger. com and one of Red Herring's "Top 25 Entrepreneurs under 35," Quayle Hodek is a pione...
According to the majority of the current Supreme Court, if an action isn't punishable by a bribery statute, it’s not...
According to the majority of the current Supreme Court, if an action isn't punishable by a bribery statute, it’s not corruption. Corruption is a funny word, ...
Joris Luyendijk is a journalist and a publicist with a banker’s blog on The Guardian. For this episode of VPRO...
Joris Luyendijk is a journalist and a publicist with a banker’s blog on The Guardian. For this episode of VPRO backlight, he dives into the financial brain o...
Alex is a Professor of Finance at London Business School. Alex graduated top of his class from Oxford University and...
Alex is a Professor of Finance at London Business School. Alex graduated top of his class from Oxford University and then worked for Morgan Stanley in investment banking (London) and fixed income sales and trading (NYC). After a PhD in Finance from MIT Sloan as a Fulbright Scholar, he joined Wharton, where he was granted tenure and won 14 teaching awards in six years. Alex’s research interests are in corporate finance, behavioural finance, CSR, and practical investment strategies. He has been awarded the Moskowitz Prize for Socially Responsible Investing and the FIR-PRI prize for Finance and Sustainability, and was named a Rising Star of Corporate Governance by Yale University. Alex co-led a session at the 2014 World Economic Forum in Davos, and runs a blog, “Access to Finance” (www.alexedmans.blogspot.com), that aims to make complex finance topics accessible to a general audience.
The Iranian authorities' admission that they mistakenly shot down a Ukrainian passenger jet has sparked...
The Iranian authorities' admission that they mistakenly shot down a Ukrainian passenger jet has sparked anti-government protests in Tehran, with US President Donald Trump tweeting his support.