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[Event] The Institute for Corporate Governance Public Lecture Series at Indiana University

  • 1.  [Event] The Institute for Corporate Governance Public Lecture Series at Indiana University

    Posted 12-02-2022 18:31
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    The Institute for Corporate Governance Public Lecture Series at Indiana University

    Corporate Governance in Turbulent Times

    Margarethe Wiersema

    Thursday, December 8, 2022

    12:00pm - 1:15pm ET

    Moderator: M.K. Chin

    Turbulent changes in the corporate world have transformed the corporate governance and strategic landscape in which publicly traded companies operate.  Companies face a changed investor landscape with the rise of index funds, the Big Three and activist investors focused on shareholder value. While events over the past few years have raised serious questions as to the purpose of the corporation and whether it is time to abandon shareholder primacy.  Lastly, the demand for ESG investing has led to the need for more transparency and clarity by both companies and institutional investors.  This turbulent landscape represents significant challenges for the management and boards of publicly traded companies as they must address societal and investor expectations on the environment and social responsibility while not abandoning value creation for shareholders. Prof. Wiersema will summarize the principal factors that have changed the governance landscape and their impact on boards and executives of public firms. She will then identify opportunities for future research that will lead to greater insight and a more comprehensive understanding of how the changed governance landscape is influencing managerial and board decision-making and firm outcomes.

    Margarethe F. Wiersema holds the Dean's Professorship in Strategic Management at The Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine. She has an MBA and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. The recipient of numerous awards for excellence in research and teaching, Professor Wiersema was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Copenhagen Business School and received the Distinguished PhD Alumni Award from the University of Michigan. She is a Strategic Management Society Fellow.  In 2022, she was awarded the Academy of Management Irwin Outstanding Educator Award and the Strategic Management Society's Service Award.

    Professor Wiersema is internationally recognized for her research on corporate strategy and corporate governance with more than 60 publications and 13,000 citations. She serves on the board of the International Corporate Governance Society and has served as Dean of the Fellows of the Strategic Management Society, Associate Editor of Strategic Management Journal and the Academy of Management Perspectives as well as on the Board of Directors of the Strategic Management Society, and Past President of the Corporate Strategy and Governance Group of the Strategic Management Society.

    This event is open to the public. Please refer to the attached file for registration.


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    M. K. Chin, Ph.D.
    Associate Professor | Department of Management and Entrepreneurship
    Fellow | Institute for Corporate Governance
    Kelley School of Business
    Indiana University
    https://kelley.iu.edu/faculty-research/faculty-directory/profile.cshtml?id=CHINMK
    Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=XkLLtxoAAAAJ&hl=en
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