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Alex Edmans

Alex Edmans

Professor of Finance, London Business School

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Responsible Business

5th September 2020

Do Banks Offer Complex Mortgages to Mislead Customers?

Banks are often accused of making money off complex products that consumers don't understand. In my book, I discuss how 2 million UK households were

Category iconResponsible Business

13th April 2020

Do Workers on Boards Protect Jobs in a Downturn?

A hot topic is whether companies should have workers on their boards, to ensure they act in the interest of stakeholders, not just shareholders. This

Category iconCorporate Governance,  Responsible Business

10th April 2020

“Grow the Pie” in 28 Tweets

On 6 April, I did a Twitter discussion on my book, hosted by Blackwell's Bookshop. They asked me to start by providing 25-30 Tweets summarising the

Category iconResponsible Business

10th April 2020

The Inconsistency of ESG Ratings: Implications for Investors

(This article was initially featured on the blog for my book, "Grow the Pie: How Great Companies Deliver Both Purpose and Profit") Investors are

Category iconResponsible Business

7th October 2017

A Layman’s Guide to Separating Causation from Correlation … and Noticing When Claims of Causality are Invalid

Imagine you're the Minister for Education, deciding how large to make a school district. Smaller school districts offer parents more school choice.

Category iconCorporate Finance,  Corporate Governance,  Executive Pay,  Responsible Business

5th April 2017

House of Commons Report on Corporate Governance

Today the House of Commons Select Committee on Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) published its report on corporate governance, after

Category iconCorporate Governance,  Executive Pay,  Responsible Business

17th September 2016

Long-Term Executive Incentives Improve Innovation and Corporate Responsibility

Executive compensation needs to be reformed. But, most of the calls for reform focus on the wrong dimensions. They focus on the level of pay, or the

Category iconExecutive Pay,  Responsible Business

3rd May 2014

Does corporate social responsibility improve firm value?

Does corporate social responsibility (“CSR”) improve firm value? When companies make decisions, should they care only about shareholders or should

Category iconInvestment Strategies,  Responsible Business

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