Frontiers of Business Conference: Building Business Resiliency
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October 10, 2024
The Carolina Inn, Chapel Hill, N.C.
Featured Commentary
Commentary
Building Business Resilience in an Age of Radical UncertaintyAs a once-orderly world grows messier in the post-pandemic era, UNC Kenan-Flagler’s Christian Lundblad discusses strategic planning for low-probability, high-impact events.
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Kenan Insight
Exposure to Race Issues: Firm Responses and Market Reactions After George Floyd’s MurderWhat can the corporate response to George Floyd’s murder teach us about today’s diversity challenges? Discover how meaningful actions on racial equity affected market valuations, through research from UNC Kenan-Flagler’s Daniela De la Parra.
Kenan Commentary
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Marketing at a Crossroads, Part II: Personalization vs. Privacy and the Rise of First-Party DataWith a growing emphasis on prioritizing user privacy and data protection, says UNC Kenan-Flagler’s Longxiu Tian, information collected directly from customers becomes the key to solving the puzzle of personalization and accurate targeting for marketers.
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UPDATE: Reconsidering Chevron: Will Regulation Be Upended?The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to strike down the “Chevron deference,” a legal doctrine that grants regulatory agencies authority in interpreting statutes. This decision could significantly alter the regulatory landscape, making business resiliency even more important.
Kenan Insights
Kenan Insight
Resilience: Adversity’s AntidoteKenan Insight
Resilience in the Age of Short-TermismKenan Insight
Enhancing the Resilience of Venture CapitalFeatured Video
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Kenan Fellow Kathleen Sutcliffe on Business Resilience and Adventure RacingKenan Institute Distinguished Fellow Kathleen Sutcliffe of Johns Hopkins University discusses adventure racing and how it ties into our 2024 Grand Challenge, Business Resilience.
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Frontiers of Business Conference: Building Business ResilienceOur 2024 Frontiers of Business Conference will convene corporate executives, top researchers and policy leaders to share objective, evidence-based solutions for building more business resiliency to help companies survive and succeed in a risk-filled world. Learn more today.
Distinguished Fellows
The Kenan Institute Distinguished Fellows, appointed on an annual basis, comprise an exemplary set of global scholars committed to leveraging their individual expertise, thought leadership, research and networks to further the institute’s efforts to examine – and drive solutions to – the most complex and timely issues facing business and the economy today. The 2024 Distinguished Fellows work to support the Kenan Institute’s exploration of business resilience.
David Autor
Ford Professor of Economics, MIT, and 2024 Kenan Institute Distinguished Fellow
Josh Lerner
Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking, Harvard Business School, and 2024 Kenan Institute Distinguished Fellow
Christine Moorman
T. Austin Finch, Sr. Professor of Business Administration, Duke University Fuqua School of Business, and 2024 Kenan Institute Distinguished Fellow
Kathleen M. Sutcliffe
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, Johns Hopkins University, and 2024 Kenan Institute Distinguished Fellow
Jayashankar M. Swaminathan
GlaxoSmithKline Distinguished Professor of Operations, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School, and 2024 Kenan Institute Distinguished Fellow
The Distinguished Fellows program is supported by a generous gift from Bruce and Katie Van Saun.