Coordinated by Mauro F. Guillen, Wharton professor of management and sociology, and director of the Joseph H. Lauder Institute for Management & International Studies, this series of lectures features Wharton’s preeminent faculty discussing the economic, political, and policy aspects of both the global and U.S. economic and financial crisis. These lectures address such topics as macroeconomic aspects of the crisis, financial innovation, global contagion, the role of central banks and multilateral agencies, and the impact of the crisis on banks, stock markets, insurance, and private equity.
WEEKS 1-4 WEEKS 5-8 WEEKS 9-12 WEEK 13
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Lecture 5: Impact on the Global Automobile Industry John Paul MacDuffie, Associate Professor of Management February 17, 2009 |
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Lecture 6: Impact on the Retail Sector — Tough Times Retailing Stephen Hoch, Patty and Jay H. Baker Professor; Professor of Marketing February 24, 2009 |
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Lecture 7: Impact on the Pension Industry Olivia Mitchell, International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans Professor; Professor of Insurance and Risk Management and Business and Public Policy March 3, 2009 |
