Will banks become unnecessary due to the spread of virtual currency?Antonio Fatas, Professor of Economics at INSEAD, and Professor Beatrice Weder di Mauro, Distinguished Fellow at INSEAD Emerging Markets Institute, explore whether virtual currency will be an alternative to existing currency. They examine the influence of virtual currency technology on future banks and settlement systems. Diamond Harvard Business Review (Japan)
Japan – 23 May
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Four essentials for a successful CEO
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Stanislav Shekshnia, Senior Affiliate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise at INSEAD, shares the attributes that make global business leaders effective – envisioning; nominating; enabling and managing crisis. AMEinfo
UAE – 19 May
The most important career decision you can make is who you marry – here’s what that means for Meghan Markle
Jennifer Petriglieri, Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour at INSEAD, says on an episode of the Harvard Business Review’s podcast “Women at Work,” that couples should have a conversation twice yearly about what they’re “aiming for individually and together” in the near future in order to maximise both partners’ satisfaction.
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Private equity deal activity hits 10-year high; buyout-backed IPOs beat the market
Claudia Zeisberger, Senior Affiliate Professor of Decision Sciences and Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise at INSEAD and the Academic Director of INSEAD Global Private Equity Initiative, discusses her work and how a new generation entering private equity might change the industry. She has recently published a book titled ‘Mastering private Equity, Transforming via Venture Capital, Minority Investments and Buyouts’. Real Deals
UK – 17 May