Corporate governance, finance, and responsible business by Alex Edmans
Alex Edmans is Professor of Finance at London Business School and author of the award-winning book Grow the Pie: How Great Companies Deliver Both Purpose and Profit, which has sold over 100,000 copies globally and is translated into seven languages. Holds a Ph.D. in Financial Economics from MIT and was previously tenured at Wharton. Research spans corporate governance, sustainable finance, and behavioral investing, with more than 20,000 academic citations and articles published in Journal of Finance, Review of Financial Studies, and Management Science. Edmans advises multiple institutions, including the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council, Morgan Stanley’s Institute for Sustainable Investing, and Novo Nordisk’s Sustainability Council.
In 2024, released May Contain Lies, a book on statistical manipulation in investment communication. While not a crypto specialist, Edmans’s frameworks on value creation and stakeholder governance are used by token fund managers, DAO architects, and impact-aligned Web3 startups. With clarity across academic, corporate, and regulatory spheres, Edmans remains one of the most widely respected voices in finance’s ethical modernization.