by freemanschool | Nov 6, 2024 | - Fall/Winter 2024 -, Perspective, Research
By Pradeep Muthukrishnan More than 50 years ago, Milton Friedman published his seminal essay “The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase Its Profits.” At the core of this manifesto, Friedman asserts that as long as a firm operates within the existing legal...
by freemanschool | Jan 4, 2024 | - Fall/Winter 2023 -, Perspective
By Nishad Kapadia One of my MBA professors defined democracy as the “institutionalization of doubt.” Doubt is perhaps the one thing that is missing from the debate on ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) investing. Both sides appear convinced they are absolutely...
by mark | Nov 17, 2022 | - Fall 2022 -, Perspective, Research
By Tuhin Chaturvedi The spring of 2022 will always be remembered as the time when Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, made a rather audacious bid to acquire Twitter. However, as spring turned to summer and summer turned to fall, the positivity around the deal gave...
by mark | Feb 5, 2022 | - Winter 2022 -, Perspective, Research
Like a sudden splash of cold water, the COVID-19 pandemic was a rude awakening for many organizations. The global surge in uncertainty intensified the need for operational responsiveness and digitalization, fundamentally changing the way employees view and approach...
by mark | Nov 29, 2020 | - Fall 2020 -, Perspective, Research
By A. J. Brooks When Associate Dean John Clarke told me that Freeman had identified hospitality entrepreneurship as an emerging opportunity area for the school, I got very excited. I distinctly remember his pitch — “creating competitive advantage through customer...
by freemanschool | Feb 28, 2020 | - Winter 2020 -, Perspective, Research
By Stephen A. Zeff Stephen A. Zeff is the Keith Anderson Professor of Accounting at Rice University’s Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business. He served on the accounting faculty of Tulane University’s School of Business from 1961 to 1978. Now that I have reached...
