In the Media
Good research needs to be communicated, and translated to actionable insights for managers, investors, and policymakers. On how to build organizations that are better equipped to judge what is right and what might be, or will become, illegal and how to navigate the demands for social responsibility with sensible (and profitable) strategies.
Management of Stakeholder Relations Amidst Heterogenous Issue Preferences, Oxford, United Kingdom 2024
Multinational LGBTQ Policies in Contested International Business Environments: Stigma, Reputation and Stakeholder Reactions, Said Business School, Oxford, United Kingdom 2024
Firm Strategic Responses to Political Polarization Around the World, Chicago, USA 2024
Multinational LGBTQ Policies in Contested International Business Environments: Stigma, Reputation and Stakeholder Reactions, Chicago, USA 2024
Towards an Integrated Perspective: Synergies and Trade-Offs in the Repertoire of Nonmarket Strategy, Chicago, USA 2024
Dominant Deceptions: Explaining the Tenacity of Deceit in Entrepreneurial Ventures, Chicago, USA 2024
Dominant Deceptions: Explaining the Tenacity of Deceit in Entrepreneurial Ventures, Zurich, Switzerland 2024
I heard it on the Earnings Call: Using Voice Data to Understand when Equity Analysts Downgrade Recommendations for Female Led Firms, Boston, USA 2023
Polarization, Values and Valuations, Invited keynote at Cornell Research Day, Ithaca, NY, USA 2023
Equity Analysts Penalize Female CEOs for using Female Type Speech, HEC Paris France 2023
Dominant Deception: Explaining the Tenacity of Deceit in Entrepreneurial Ventures, Munich, Germany 2023
Can Ratings Increase Polarization?, Values and Valuations Conference, Harvard Business School, USA 2023
Dominant Deception: Explaining the Tenacity of Deceit in Entrepreneurial Ventures, USI Lugano, Switzerland 2022
Where is all the Deviance? Liminal Prescribing in the Prescription Drug Crisis, SMS London, United Kingdom 2022
Corporate Activism in a Polarized World, CIM Summit, Cyprus 2022
Where is all the Deviance? Liminal Prescribing in the Prescription Drug Crisis. NYU, Abu-Dhabi, UAE 2022
Where is all the Deviance? Liminal Prescribing in the Prescription Drug Crisis. Harvard Business School, USA 2021
Where is all the Deviance? Liminal Prescribing in the Prescription Drug Crisis. INSEAD Business School, France 2021
Rewarding the Extremes: Market Reaction to orate LGBTQ Positions on The CEI. Institute of advanced studies Israel 2021
Rewarding the Extremes: Market Reaction to orate LGBTQ Positions on The CEI , University of Southern California, USA 2021
What Happens When We Close Loopholes? A Diffusion Perspective on Widespread Misconduct. Israel 2021
Rewarding the Extremes: Market Reaction to orate LGBTQ Positions on The CEI. Rice University Houston, TX USA 2021
How Religious Affiliation Affects Organizational Wrongdoing. Cambridge Judge Business School, United Kingdom 2020
Rewarding the Extremes: Market Reaction to orate LGBTQ Positions on The CEI. Yale School of Management, USA 2020
In Dubious Battle: Issue Salience, Polarization, and Corporate Social Counterpositioning, Montreal, Canada 2019
In Dubious Battle: Issue Salience, Polarization, and Corporate Social Counterpositioning, Minneapolis, USA 2019
Governing Multi-Office Firms: Auditors, Backdating and what we can learn from it, Seoul, South Korea 2019
In Dubious Battle: Issue Salience, Polarization, and Corporate Social Counterpositioning, IDC Israel 2019
In Dubious Battle: Issue Salience, Polarization, and Corporate Social Counterpositioning, USI Lugano, Switzerland 2019
In Dubious Battle: Issue Salience, Polarization, and Corporate Social Counterpositioning, ESMT Berlin, Germany 2019
In Dubious Battle: Issue Salience, Polarization, and Corporate Social Counterpositioning, University of Maryland, USA 2018
In Dubious Battle: Issue Salience, Polarization, and Corporate Social Counterpositioning, Bocconi University, Italy 2018
Corporate Social Counterpositioning, Paris, France 2018
The Usual Suspect: Post-Misconduct CEO Replacement as a Substitute for Legislative Certification, Paris, France 2018
Corporate Social Counterpositioning, Paris, France 2018
Corporate Social Counterpositioning, George Washington University, USA 2017
Corporate Social Counterpositioning, Yale Junior OT conference, USA 2017
Distributional properties of CSR activities. Strategy Summer Camp, Tuck Business School, Dartmouth University, New Hampshire, USA 2017
OMT Ph.D consortium, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, USA 2017
The Usual Suspect: Post-Misconduct CEO Replacement as a Substitute for Legislative Certification. Washington University in Saint Louis, USA 2017
Booms and Busts of Unethical Behavior: How the State of the Economy Makes Us Cheat, Lie and Steal, Oxford, United Kingdom 2015
Imprinting of Early Job Market Experiences on Ethical Behavior, Oxford, United Kingdom 2015
Imprinting of Early Job Market Experiences on Ethical Behavior, Duke, USA 2014
Auditors and the diffusion of misconduct, HEC Lausanne, Switzerland 2014
The legitimacy of corrupt practices: auditor advice and the geography of stock option backdating, San Antonio, TX, USA 2011
The diffusion of unethical practices in financial markets, New York, USA 2010
Agency cost or information advantages? Financial intermediaries in business groups, Manhattan, USA 2008
Agency cost or information advantages? Financial intermediaries in business groups, Chicago, IL, USA 2008
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Currently Assistant Professor of Strategy & Entrepreneurship at London Business School teaching Strategic Management to our EMBA, MBA and Masters Students.
I study two related questions in Strategy: ethical “grey zones” and norm violations in a variety of settings, including financial markets and healthcare in the United States. In my work on ethical grey zones, I investigate "misjudgement": what makes some firms adopt practices that will become illegal in the future. In my work on strategic norm violations I study the opposite idea: how firms use societal divides to profit from violating the norms of other groups, particularly when they choose social activism on polarizing issues.
My work has ben published in leading academic journals such as Management Science, Organization Science, Strategic Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly, and the Journal of Business Ethics. As a member of the Strategic Management Society and the Academy of Management, I contribute to the editorial boards of the Strategic Management Journal and Organization Science.
Adviser to several start-up companies, some have successfully exited (for a total of over $1 billion) and have raised more than $200 million in funding. My involvement with high-growth companies allows me to bridge theory and practice, and ensure that my research remains relevant and impactful.
I contribute regularly to outlets like Fortune, the Financial Times, Forbes, Globes and TheMarker, as well as Think@London Business School, translating complex research into practical insights for a broader audience.
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