Calls to action around sustainability have increased in the past few decades, putting pressure on numerous stakeholders to adopt new ways of business. In particular focusing on sustainability in supply chains can help businesses achieve a significant positive impact, with 80% of global trade passing through supply chains.
How important is sustainability in supply chains? This year, a group of LBS students came together as a part of the inaugural Social Impact Cohort to explore this topic in more detail.
This year, the Student-led Learning team at LBS launched the Social Impact Cohort – with a focus on Sustainable Supply Chains for the pilot programme.
A reflective essay by Giri Kesavan, MBA student at London Business School, graduating in 2021. Hand washing. It’s the story of 2020. A phrase that was seldom used prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, a whole new dictionary of words has been introduced to our daily lives over the past six months. Of course, some countries…
Evidence from multinational firm presence in developing countries The challenge Multinational firms account for a significant part of resource allocation in the global economy. This is a particularly important issue in developing countries. Multinational firm investment in developing countries can often be associated with growth, however, these firms are often accused of exploiting local markets…
My intention this Easter was to work as a Project Officer with the Wheeler Institute in Bachok District, north-east Malaysia, on an initiative with the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. I applied to this position eager to use my newly acquired skills from the London Business School MBA programme to support the launch of a humanitarian emergency field school.
Sir Andrew Likierman, Professor of Management Practice in Accounting, joins Raffaella Sadun, Professor of Business Administration in the Strategy Unit at Harvard Business School and Nicos Savva, Professor of Management Science and Operations at London Business School, to share best practice and reflect on the key lessons.
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.
Rajesh Chandy, Co-Academic Director of the Wheeler Institute, hosted Andrea Galeotti, Professor of Economics at London Business School and Flavio Toxvaerd, Professor of Economics at the University of Cambridge and Alum of London Business School to discuss behavioural responses to COVID-19 in the UK and how it might shape future policy interventions. Key Takeaways: Using…
Spotlight on the UK economy: A Wheeler Institute webinar series The measures taken after the 2008 financial crisis have protected the economy but how much can the UK take? Hélène Rey, Lord Raj Bagri Professor of Economics and Paolo Surico, Professor of Economics join Elias Papaioannou, Co-Academic Director of the Wheeler Institute, to consider some…