Bridging Worlds: Business, Development and Politics Join us for a special event with Chris Coghlan, LBS MIF 2012, co-founder of the Grow Movement and current Member of the UK Parliament for Dorking and Horley. The conversation will be moderated by Rajesh Chandy, Professor of Marketing, Tony and Maureen Wheeler Chair of Entrepreneurship and Co-Academic Director…
On 14th March 2024, as part of the Private Sector Development Research Network (PSDRN), the Wheeler Institute for Business and Development hosted a seminar: “Beefing up the service sector: Commodity exports to China and production network spillover.” Led by Giorgio Chiovelli (Associate Professor of Economics at Universidad de Montevideo and former LBS Research Fellow) and moderated…
The Wheeler Institute in collaboration with the Geopolitics and Business Club at LBS invites you to a discussion featuring panellists Robert Wescott who served at the White House as Special Assistant to US President Bill Clinton for Economic Policy and as Chief Economist at the President’s Council of Economic Advisers and Richard Portes, Professor of…
Over the past quarter-century, how have Emerging Markets and Developing Economies (EMDEs) fared, and what are their prospects for catching up with developed economies over the next 25 years? Sergei Guriev, Dean of London Business School, introduced Ayhan Kose, Deputy Chief Economist at the World Bank Group, who discussed the January 2025 edition of the…
Andrei Shleifer, John L Loeb Professor of Economics at Harvard University, delivered an thought-provoking seminar on cognitive economics at London Business School hosted by the Wheeler Institute. This event was hosted by Sergei Guriev, Dean of London Business School and was moderated by Jean-Pierre Benoît, Professor of Economics at London Business School. Cognitive economics explores…
The Wheeler Institute hosted the India International Climate and Energy Transition Finance Forum where experts came together to discuss critical issues surrounding climate finance and energy transition. Moderated by Dr. Narayan Naik, Professor of Finance at London Business School, the panel featured distinguished speakers such as Upendra Kumar Sinha (Former Chairperson of the Securities and…
As part of the Private Sector Development Research Network (PSDRN), the Wheeler Institute for Business and Development hosted an insightful webinar on the role of concessionary companies and private enterprises in colonising sub-Saharan Africa. The webinar took place on Friday, 31st January 2025, from 2-3pm GMT and was led by Etienne Le Rossignol, Postdoctoral Researcher…
On November 21, 2024, the Wheeler Institute hosted a thought-provoking lecture and conversation with H.E. Professor Benedict Oramah, President and Chairman of the African Export-Import Bank, Afreximbank. This keynote address was delivered as part of the 2024 Royal African Society Annual Lecture series. It focused on unlocking the immense opportunities trade presents for Africa. Opening…
“If I give time, I am a donor. But when the community is giving time, how come they are beneficiaries? Are we not all stakeholders?” Anshu Gupta shared a powerful reflection, at an event hosted by the Wheeler Institute at London Business School and supported by the Social Impact Club, founder of Goonj challenged conventional…
During a traffic-jammed taxi ride near Tiananmen Square in Beijing, Patrick Bolton (Professor of Finance and Economics at Imperial College London) and Haizhou Huang (Managing Director at China International Capital Corporation Limited) found themselves debating the concept of contingent convertible bonds. This conversation led to a radical idea: could fiat money be viewed as a…
