Ravi K. Mehrotra Institute’s 2nd Inaugural Summit: Corporate Governance

November 10th, Questrom & WBUR City Space

Please join us for the 2nd annual Summit of Questrom’s Ravi K. Mehrotra Institute for Business Markets and Society. This year’s theme will be Corporate Governance.

Throughout the morning, the seniors in our honors program will present their research and lead panel discussions with industry and academic experts in front of the freshmen in our SM131 introductory business course. We hope that you might join them, alongside our external advisory board members, and other invited guests in the audience, for one or more sessions.

Following these morning presentations, we record a live episode of our “Is Business Broken?” podcast at WBUR City Space over lunch with our honors students. To request an invitation for this, contact Kris May.

Please join our lively series of discussion and debates as your schedule allows.

Times	Agenda
8:00 – 9:15 AM	Boardroom Governance: Independence, Expertise, and Ownership Structures
9:25 - 10:40 AM	Models of Governance Around the World: State, Shareholders, and Workers
11:15 – 12:30 PM	Corporate Purpose, Stakeholders, and Emerging Challenges
12:45 – 2:30 PM	Lunch with Honors Seniors, Panelists & Invited Guests‎; Live Recording of a Podcast Episode about Corporate Governance with a focus on Geo-politics
7:00 PM	Student-led Movie Night, featuring The Social Network and post-film discussion with Professor Van Alstyne

Each session will begin with short presentations by the seniors in our Honors program of their research projects. They will then lead a panel discussion among some invited experts, and finally facilitate audience Q&A. The majority of the audience for each session will be 1st year undergraduate business students.

8:00 – 9:15 AM: Boardroom Governance: Independence, Expertise, and Ownership Structures

Panelists:

Prof. Roy Shapira, Professor of Law at Reichman University

Kevin McGovern, President of the New England Chapter of NACD

Jay Powers, Senior Vice President and Assistant Corporate Secretary and Associate General Counsel at Citizens Ban

Does greater board independence improve the alignment between CEO compensation and firm performance? (Albuquerque team)
How does the trade-off between director independence and expertise shape boards’ balance between monitoring and advising? (Shapira team)
Common Ownership and Innovation: How Investor Engagement Shapes Competition Among Rivals. (Leccese team)

9:25 – 10:40 AM: Models of Governance Around the World: State, Shareholders, and Workers

Panelists:

Prof David H. Webber – Professor of Law and Paul M. Siskind Scholar at Boston University School of Law

Prof. Sara Armitage – Assistant Professor of Markets, Public Policy, and Law at Questrom

Prof. Julie Yen – Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations at Questrom

Public vs. Private Ownership in Green Innovation (Kulatilaka team)
Shareholder, Stakeholder, or Family Control? Corporate Governance in the US, Sweden, and Korea. (Rindisbacher team)
What are the implications of worker representation on corporate boards, and why have U.S. companies avoided this model compared to Germany? (Brochet team)

11:15 – 12:30 PM: Corporate Purpose, Stakeholders, and Emerging Challenges

Panelists:

Jesse Coleman, Questrom MBA Class of 2026

Prof. Marshall Van Alstyne, Allen and Kelli Questrom Professor in Information Systems at Questrom

How does ESG performance impact the firm’s market outcomes? (Sun team)
How does the distribution of stakeholder power shape corporate purpose? (Ericson team)
Who Should Govern AI? Regulation, Corporate Governance, and the Case of OpenAI. (Val Alstyne team)

Lunch with Honors Seniors, Panelists & Invited Guests

Live Recording of a Podcast Episode about Corporate Governance with a focus on Geo-politics

WBUR City Space, 890 Commonwealth Ave

Check-In & Lunch begins at 12:45

Live Recording starts 1 PM sharp!

In this podcast episode of “Is Business Broken?”, we’ll explore Corporate Governance with a focus on Geo-politics

Guest speakers:

Ruth Aguilera – Northeastern Chair Professor
Kevin McGovern (NACD)
Roy Shapira (Visiting Professor Mehrotra)

Round-table Discussions of the topic with honors students & dessert (2-2:30)

Student-Led Movie Night, Screening of The Social Network

7 PM, Questrom Auditorium (595 Commonwealth Avenue)