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Our student-led speaker series, funded by the Raif Dinçkök Student Forum Fund, continues to bring exceptional business leaders to campus. On February 25, we hosted Joe Terino, partner at L Catterton, the world’s largest consumer-focused private equity firm. Joe Terino is also a Terrier, having
It’s not every day that you get to ask questions of a Federal Reserve Board governor. On February 9, Questrom students and faculty were able to do just that. For a full day of events, we hosted Federal Reserve Board governor Stephen Miran, a Boston University alum. Probably the highlight of the day was a live
The room was packed and the conversation frank – and full of insights. For an hour on January 22, former NPR host Ari Shapiro interviewed Patagonia CEO Ryan Gellert over a range of topics. The Mehrotra Institute’s partnership with WBUR’s Breakfast Club is off to
This episode tackles a challenge facing boardrooms right now: the intersection of geopolitics and corporate governance. For decades, companies followed a playbook built on global integration and efficiency. But now that playbook is being rewritten by trade wars, sanctions, and supply chain disruptions. So how
For students who will soon enter the business world, corporate governance might be something they haven’t given much thought to. What does it entail? What does good corporate governance even mean? And what kinds of questions should we be asking? The 2nd annual Mehrotra Summit on November 10 was
At its core, antitrust is about reining in concentrated power. But in a world where digital platforms shape our choices and markets evolve, the boundaries of competition and fairness seem to be shifting.Who truly gets to compete? What keeps markets open and innovative? And how
How might corporate governance shape business decisions, trust, and society at large? In this special student-hosted episode of Is Business Broken?, BU Questrom Undergrad Grant Corbett speaks with BU Questrom Visiting Professor Roy Shapira.
Today, we’re diving into a fascinating corner of self-regulation—one that doesn’t rely on formal rules or legal protections, but instead on norms. In industries like fashion and fine dining, there are powerful unspoken rules: don’t copy, don’t steal—even when you legally can. What does it
Last week’s show introduced self-regulation, the practice of businesses, setting their own guardrails without government, but what are the limits to private actors policing themselves?At what point should government intervene in the public interest, and also companies getting together to set their own rules? When
What happens when business regulates itself, without government? Enter self regulation. Host Curt Nickisch speaks to BU Questrom Professors Andy King and Tim Simcoe about when self regulation works, when it doesn’t, and what’s at stake for society.
Boston University’s Questrom School of Business is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Kristal May as the Executive Director of the Ravi K. Mehrotra Institute for Business, Markets & Society. In this role, May will provide day-to-day leadership of the Institute, advancing its mission to
