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Professor to watch: Francesco Perrini of Bocconi University
Adrian Michaels meets an expert on corporate social responsibility
Professor to watch: Nick Epley of the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business
Hal Weitzman talks to Nick Epley, Chicago’s rising star of behavioural science studies
Professor to watch: Bill Duggan of Columbia Business School.
As academics go, Bill Duggan is refreshingly down-to-earth. An associate professor of management at Columbia Business School in New York, he specialises in what he calls “strategic intuition”.
Professor to watch – Luis Garicano: Trendy subject taught with aplomb
Della Bradshaw meets an academic who is bringing economics to life for the business community
Why the good life is the hardest sell of all
Alan Andreasen uses marketing concepts not to sell products but to change behaviour and build a healthier world.
A well-travelled guide to the treacherous byways of finance
As an academic in Hong Kong and the US, Jie Gan sees clearly how theory affects practice in finance
A problem shared is a problem solved
Using old ideas in new ways is the art of the ‘knowledge broker’, Corey Billington of IMD tells Haig Simonian
Helping hand carves wealth out of Africa
The plain-speaking Ian MacMillan of Wharton School shows how local start-ups can solve social problems, in the first instalment of the Gurus of the Future series.
Swapping scalpel for healthcare consulting
Robert Huckman has spent a good portion of his career working to improve medical care in the US. As a consultant in the private sector, he advised healthcare companies on their merger and acquisition strategies.
Economic research that saves the world
There are few business school professors that can say their research has had a real impact on the way ordinary people live their lives. Potentially, Chris Hope is one of them: the man whose life’s work has become the basis for the Stern report talks to Della Bradshaw.
