Automation in Emerging Markets: Killing Jobs before They’re Born?

The Wheeler Institute for Business and Development had the pleasure to welcome Daron Acemoglu, MIT Professor of Economics and best-selling author of “Why nations fail”, to the Sammy Offer Centre where he shared his ground-breaking research on the social impact of technological change with a captivated audience. How will automation change work and economic opportunities in…

PhD Conference with Daron Acemoglu, MIT Professor of Economics

The Wheeler Institute for Business and Development was delighted to host a doctoral conference to honour MIT Professor Daron Acemoglu who is an expert in political economy and the author of “Why Nations Fail”, an influential best-selling book on the role that institutions play in shaping nations’ economic outcomes. 10 selected LBS PhD students from different school…

In conversation with Commercial International Bank (CIB)

Rajesh Chandy, Academic Director, Wheeler Institute for Business and Development, joined Hisham Ezz El Arab, Chairman and Managing Director, Islam Zerkry, Chief Data Officer from CIB, Egypt’s leading private bank, and Professor Randall S Peterson, Academic Director of the Leadership Institute (LBS), to discuss how they implemented major transformation in the middle of huge economic…