London Business School

Worldwide Alumni Celebration is the annual celebration of London Business School's incredible network of 44,000 international alumni, connecting our community of diverse minds around the globe. At our 2019 even in New York, Elias Papaioannou, Professor of Economics at London Business School, discussed the driving forces behind populism. Discover more articles, podcasts and films exploring what’s happening inside the global economy at www.london.edu/globalminds or follow #GlobalMinds on social media. Follow us on social media: twitter.com/LBS www.linkedin.com/school/london-business-school/ www.facebook.com/LondonBusinessSchool/

How are technology and longevity affecting the labour market and our working lives? What do these changes mean for individuals, business and governments? Andrew Scott, Professor of Economics at London Business School and co-author of the best-selling The 100 Year Life, hosts Sir Christopher Pissarides, Regius Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 2010. Discover more articles, podcasts and films exploring what’s happening inside the global economy at london.edu/globalminds or follow #GlobalMinds on social media. Follow us on social media: twitter.com/LBS www.linkedin.com/school/london-business-school/ www.facebook.com/LondonBusinessSchool/

Will China develop into a wealthy economy and escape the perils of the middle income trap? With the prospect of one-fifth of humanity becoming prosperous, this transition has the potential to transform not only the livelihoods of people in China, but also the world economy. Linda Yueh, Adjunct Professor of Economics at London Business School, hosts Lin Li, Chief Economist, Managing Director and Head of Asset Allocation Strategy Research at CreditEase Wealth Management, and Angus Knowles-Cutler, Vice Chairman and Chinese Services Group Leader at Deloitte. Discover more articles, podcasts and films exploring what’s happening inside the global economy at london.edu/globalminds or follow #GlobalMinds on social media.

What changes and opportunities are emerging in the business sector in China? What needs to be done to further advance China’s economic reforms? Linda Yueh, Adjunct Professor of Economics at London Business School, hosts David Wei, Chairman and Founding Partner of Vision Knight Capital, and Matthew Rous, Chief Executive of the China-Britain Business Council. Discover more articles, podcasts and films exploring what’s happening inside the global economy at www.london.edu/globalminds or follow #GlobalMinds on social media. Follow us on social media: twitter.com/LBS www.linkedin.com/school/london-business-school/ www.facebook.com/LondonBusinessSchool/

Is Europe facing a recession? What risk factors can lead to a global financial crisis? What are the possible policy responses? Linda Yueh, Adjunct Professor of Economics at London Business School, hosts eminent London Business School academics Hélène Rey, Lord Raj Bagri Professor of Economics, and Lucrezia Reichlin, Professor of Economics and Chairman and Co-Founder of Now-Casting Economics. Discover more articles, podcasts and films exploring what’s happening inside the global economy at www.london.edu/globalminds or follow #GlobalMinds on social media. Follow us on social media: https://twitter.com/LBS https://www.linkedin.com/school/london-business-school/ https://www.facebook.com/LondonBusinessSchool/

In this series, Julian Birkinshaw, Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at London Business School, cuts through the hyperbole and scaremongering to explore the practical applications of Artificial Intelligence. How are companies actually using AI today? What practical problems is it solving? What are the challenges and opportunities? In this episode, Julian hosts Shamus Rae, CEO at Engine B, and Farhan Lalji, a guest lecturer at London Business School and Director of Venture Partnership with the Anthemis Group, for a conversation on the impact of AI innovation on professional services firms.

In this series, Julian Birkinshaw, Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at London Business School, cuts through the hyperbole and scaremongering to explore the practical applications of Artificial Intelligence. How are companies actually using AI today? What practical problems is it solving? What are the challenges and opportunities? In this episode, Julian hosts Laetitia Cailleteau, Global Lead for Conversational AI at Accenture, and Tolga Tezcan, Professor of Management Science and Operations at London Business School, for a conversation on the customer services applications of AI and how consumers are responding to increased automation in their interactions with brands.

Investors are increasingly demanding their investments do good, for their money to make a positive impact on society and the environment, and to make a return. Private equity funds have not been immune to this movement. In this podcast, Diana Noble, former CEO, CDC Group Plc and Non-Executive Director, Court of Directors, Bank of England and Michele Giddens, Co-founder and Partner, Bridges Fund Management, evaluate the rise of impact investing with Josh Lerner, Head of the Entrepreneurial Management Unit and the Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking, Harvard Business School. They discuss the origins of the impact movement, the trade-offs that can be involved, impact’s role in reducing inequality, the meaning of the ‘impact label’ and whether impact can answer the big questions facing capitalism and the world today. The panel was part of the 12th Annual Private Equity Symposium hosted at LBS in June 2019 by Private Equity at LBS with support from the Private Capital Project at Harvard Business School, with funding from the Division of Research and Faculty Development and the Joshua J. Harris Alternative Investments Program, The Wharton School and CBID Capital International. This podcast is introduced by Florin Vasvari, Professor of Accounting at LBS and co-author of the book ‘International Private Equity’, with Eli Talmor, Professor of Accounting and Founder of Private Equity at LBS.

LBS Start up diaries and entrepreneurship series. Jeff Skinner (Executive Director of the Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship), discusses the growth of entrepreneurship with the architect of the movement, Prof John Mullins. The shift hasn’t just been driven by corporate downsizing but some great role models who have shifted perceptions and made it cool.

In April 2019, the Wheeler Institute for Business and Development hosted a conference at London Business School: Landmine Contamination and Clearance – Policy and the Way Forward. It drew together a range of speakers from the the United Nations Mine Action Service, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining, leading NGOs involved in humanitarian demining, and academic institutions. This event follows research by London Business School Academics, Elias Papaioannou and Giorgio Chiovelli, and Brown’s Stelios Michalopoulos assessing the economic impact of landmine clearance on spatial development. This podcast is a recording of Paul Heslop, an LBS alumnus who serves now as the chief of operations and planning for the UN Mine Action Service.

In April 2019, the Wheeler Institute for Business and Development hosted a conference at London Business School: Landmine Contamination and Clearance – Policy and the Way Forward. It drew together a range of speakers from the the United Nations Mine Action Service, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining, leading NGOs involved in humanitarian demining, and academic institutions. This event follows research by London Business School Academics, Elias Papaioannou and Giorgio Chiovelli, and Brown’s Stelios Michalopoulos assessing the economic impact of landmine clearance on spatial development. This podcast is a recording of Ambassador Stefano Toscano, Director of the Geneva International Centre for humanitarian demining.

In April 2019, the Wheeler Institute for Business and Development hosted a conference at London Business School: Landmine Contamination and Clearance – Policy and the Way Forward. It drew together a range of speakers from the the United Nations Mine Action Service, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining, leading NGOs involved in humanitarian demining, and academic institutions. This event follows research by London Business School Academics, Elias Papaioannou and Giorgio Chiovelli, and Brown’s Stelios Michalopoulos assessing the economic impact of landmine clearance on spatial development. This podcast is a recording of Giorgio Chiovelli, research fellow of economics, LBS.

In this series, Julian Birkinshaw, Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at London Business School, cuts through the hyperbole and scaremongering to explore the practical applications of Artificial Intelligence. How are companies actually using AI today? What practical problems is it solving? What are the challenges and opportunities? In this episode, Julian hosts Tara Reddy, Co-Founder of Love Shark, and Fiona Kilkelly, Director of Immerse UK, for a conversation on virtual and augmented reality.

Who should run a company, and who should a company run for? These are questions fundamentally important to everyone. Hear LBS's Alex Edmans, with speakers from the Centre for Corporate Governance event: ‘Who should run a company?’.

In this series, Julian Birkinshaw, Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at London Business School, cuts through the hyperbole and scaremongering to explore the practical applications of Artificial Intelligence. How are companies actually using AI today? What practical problems is it solving? What are the challenges and opportunities? In this episode, Julian hosts Zoë Webster, Director of AI and Data Economy at Innovate UK, and Nicos Savva, Professor of Management Science and Operations at London Business School, for a conversation on the ethical issues arising from using AI-generated judgements in society.