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Empowering Microentrepreneurs Through Financial Inclusion. In this spotlight interview, we have the privilege of talking with Professor Savita Shankar, University of Pennsylvania, whose research on microfinance features in the Routledge-CoBS book Responsible Finance and Accounting: Performance and profit for better business, society and planet

Empowering Microentrepreneurs Through Financial Inclusion

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Micro entrepreneurs still face many barriers in accessing finance. Prof. Savita Shankar explores solutions to improve financial inclusion.

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Africa: The UN SDGs and a Key Role for Non-Bank Financial Institutions. A spotlight on Dr. Ronald Rateiwa and Professor Meshach Aziakpono, Stellenbosch Business School, and their research insight included in the recently published Routledge-CoBS book Responsible Finance and Accounting: Performance and profit for better business, society and planet

Africa, the UN SDGs and a Key Role for Non-Bank Financial Institutions  

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Dr. Ronald Rateiwa & Professor Meshach Aziakpono, Stellenbosch, focus on how NBFIs can help Africa reach the UN SDGs.

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Responsible Finance & Accounting: The book With the launch of Responsible Finance and Accounting: Performance and profit for better business, society and planet with publishers Routledge, Professors Annelise Vendramini, FGV-EAESP, and Adrian Zicari, ESSEC Business School, give an over- and inside view of the book, and why it should be on the booklist of everyone with an interest in responsible business, finance, and accounting.

Responsible Finance & Accounting: The book

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The launch of the book Responsible Finance and Accounting. An interview with Profs. Annelise Vendramini, FGV-EAESP, and Adrian Zicari, ESSEC.

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How Much of Bank Credit is Sovereign Risk? With The Economist and others now forecasting a post-Covid sovereign debt crisis, Junye Li, Professor of Finance at ESSEC Business School, Asia-Pacific, demystifies the connection between bank credit risk and sovereign risk through his research and analysis of the previous crunch.

How Much of Bank Credit is Sovereign Risk?

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How Much of Bank Credit is Sovereign Risk? With The Economist and others now forecasting a post-Covid sovereign debt crisis, Junye Li, Professor of Finance at ESSEC Business School, Asia-Pacific, demystifies the connection between bank credit risk and sovereign risk through his research and analysis of the previous crunch.

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How Accounting Can Save the World

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The world of accounting, CSR and sustainability and unlocking the powerful potential of an unsung hero – the accountant. 

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Is there a gender trade off in the finance sector?

September 7, 2017by The Council on Business & Society Leave a comment

Student research at ESSEC Business School on gender in the finance industry

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Professors Estefania Santacreu-Vasut and François Longin investigate the influence of gender stereotypes on investors’ financial decisions.

Do Gender Stereotypes Influence Financial Decisions?

November 25, 2016by The Council on Business & Society Leave a comment

Professors Estefania Santacreu-Vasut and François Longin investigate the influence of gender stereotypes on investors’ financial decisions.

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Private Equity Investments: Value creation and social consequences

September 8, 2016by The Council on Business & Society 1 Comment

In times of change and crisis, a mark of stability becomes a basis for reassurance and trust. In this context, private equity has performed solidly throughout the past few years, though it suffers from a poor public image. The good news? Effective governance may be able to improve it.

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Boom and Bust: What Causes Extreme Events in Finance?

December 9, 2015by The Council on Business & Society Leave a comment

ESSEC PhD Fellow Giovanni Pagliardi explains his research work with Finance Professor François Longin that questions the old Wall Street adage ‘it takes volume to move prices’. One of the […]

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Leadership in the energy industry

December 3, 2015by The Council on Business & Society Leave a comment

Peter Bogin, senior consultant at Spencer Stuart’s Global Energy Practice, focuses on potential senior-level applicants to the energy consulting sector. Founded in 1956 and privately owned, Spencer Stuart is one […]

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