Short-termism is defined as an excessive focus on achieving immediate or short-term results, often at the expense of long-term goals, sustainability, and strategic planning.
Over the course of this summit, we will facilitate interactions between our students, alumni and invited business leaders to discuss and better understand how businesses can minimize sacrifices to the long-term goals while reacting to short-term requirements.
As our physical capacity is limited, this is an invitation-only event. To request an invitation to any portion of this event, please email Susan Murphy, sfmurphy@bu.edu.
4:30: Doors open
5:00-5:30: Keynote address by Professor Stuart Hart
5:30-6:30: Panel discussion recorded for our “Is Business Broken?” podcast in front of a live audience. Moderated by Curt Nickish
6:30-8:00: Small group discussions between industry volunteers & our honors program students. We are looking for industry professionals willing to discuss their experiences balancing short-term and long-term goals over dinner with small groups of our students. Each table will have 2-3 industry professionals matched with a small group of honors students. 10 people maximum per table.
Concurrent Sessions
Each session this morning will be led by a team of senior students in Questrom’s undergraduate honors program research class and follow the format: 10 min presentation by the students on the topic + 30 min panel discussion +15 min Q&A
Students: Adriana Eid, Zachary Held, Jenny Huang, Jordan Kramer
Panelists:
Jay Zagorsky (Clinical Associate Professor, Markets, Public Policy, and Law)
Fernando Zapatero (Richard D. Cohen Professor and Department Chair in Finance)
Faculty Advisor: Jeff Furman, Strategy & Innovation
Students: Zhiyu Chen, Fiona Chiu, Araav Gupta
Panelists:
Xinxin Wang (Head of MSCI America Sustainable Investment Solution Research)
Charles Tharp (Research and Practice, Center on Executive Compensation, Former Professor of the Practice, Boston University Questrom School of Business)
Faculty Advisor: Hao Xing, Finance
Students: Zachary Cook, Michael Giacchetto, Justin Kay, Weng In (Amanda) Lou
Panelists:
Faculty Advisor: Francois Brochet, Accounting
Students: Mackenzie Dawson, Joseph Giovinco, Paige Palinski, Jackson Palmer
Panelists:
Jevin Eagle (Compensation Committee Chair at Carters)
Fabiola Salman (Dalberg Consulting)
Faculty Advisors: Ana Albuquerque (Accounting), Rodrigo Canales (Management & Organizations), & Charles Tharp (Research and Practice, Center on Executive Compensation, Former Professor of the Practice, Boston University Questrom School of Business)
Students: Maddie Berry, Nicholas Cucchi, Andrew Mulligan, Xinyi Zuo
Panelists:
Faculty Advisors: Rena Conti, Markets, Public Policy & Law, and Tim Simcoe, Strategy & Innovation
Students: Aaron Ahmed, Marwan Buheiry, Devin Hirsch, Eric Ye
Panelists:
Robert Fernandez (Breckinridge Capital Advisors)
Faculty Advisor: Andrew King, Strategy & Innovation
Small group discussions regarding this morning’s content between industry volunteers & our students. We are looking for industry professionals willing to discuss their experiences balancing short-term and long-term goals over lunch with small groups of our honors students. Each table will have 2-3 industry professionals matched with a small group of honors students. 10 people maximum per table.
Should reporting frequencies be changed? How can human capital be viewed as an asset and not just a cost?
The panel will be moderated by Marcel Rindisbacher.
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