Dharma Life’s Pivot: How a social enterprise is empowering women entrepreneurs and transforming its model in response to COVID-19

Collaborations, COVID-19 series, Geography,

COVID-19 poses an immense threat to the people of rural India. This is the case both immediately as a health and wellbeing concern and in the longer term as development issues fail to progress due to a shift in focus and funding. Approximately 400 million people working in the informal economy in India are at risk of falling deeper into poverty due to this crisis. This devastating impact on livelihood could take the lives of more Indians than the disease itself.

From Technological Achievement To Technological Progress

Collaborations, Communities, Thought-leadership

In this webinar Professor Daron Acemoğlu, Professor of Economics at MIT and Professor Andrew J Scott, an Economics Professor at London Business School and author of ‘The New Long Life’, discussed where we are currently heading with technology, what the likely impact will be on jobs and what needs to be done at an individual, corporate and government level to ensure that technological achievement delivers true technological progress for society.

How power dynamics and competition is impacting economies and consumers across the globe

Communities, Rethinking Capitalism, Thought-leadership

How are shifts in market power impacting competition and the nature of capitalism? Hélène Rey, Professor of Economics at London Business School, Martin Wolf, chief economics commentator at the Financial Times, Joseba Martinez, Professor of Economics at London Business School, were joined in conversation with Thomas Philippon, Professor of Finance at New York University, Stern…

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Rethinking Capitalism: A fireside conversation with Rebecca Henderson and Ioannis Ioannou

Communities, Rethinking Capitalism, Thought-leadership

Rethinking Capitalism: a webinar series brought to you by the Wheeler Institute for Business and Development. Find out more. Rebecca Henderson, John and Natty McArthur University Professor from Harvard University discussed her latest publication “Reimagining Capitalism In a World on Fire” with London Business School Associate Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, Ioannis Ioannou.  Rebecca argues…

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Rethinking Capitalism: In conversation with Thomas Philippon

Communities, Rethinking Capitalism, Thought-leadership

A past Wheeler Institute event with Thomas Philippon, chaired by Hélène Rey and in conversation with Martin Wolf. To find out more about this event, please read our summary , ‘How power dynamics and competition is impacting economies and consumers across the globe,’ by George Looker. Professor Thomas Philippon, Stern School of Business NYU, discussed…

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