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Stakeholders, Management, and Capitalism:

Conversations with leaders on how to manage stakeholders in diverse settings

Y-SIM hosts an ongoing speaker series in partnership with the Global Network for Advanced Management (GNAM): Stakeholders, Management, and Capitalism: Conversations with leaders on how to manage stakeholders in diverse settings.

Through interviewing accomplished business leaders, our goal is to foster a global conversation that addresses a significant challenge executives confront today—navigating a diverse ecosystem of stakeholders, ranging from customers and employees to investors and communities, in a business environment marked by unprecedented change and an accelerated pace of information-sharing.

Speaker Sessions

Explore insights from global leaders through our global speaker series, Stakeholders, Management, and Capitalism: Conversations with leaders on how to manage stakeholders in diverse settings.

Jane Sun, Trip.com Group CEO

Preview image for the video "Stakeholders, Management, and Capitalism: A Conversation with Jane Sun, Trip.com Group CEO".
Jane Sun guided Trip.com Group, a leading global travel services company based in Shanghai, China, to significant growth in all aspects of the business. Under her leadership, the company experienced an exponential increase in its market capitalization. The virtual conversation was moderated by Professor Edward Snyder and hosted by the Yale School of Management.

Francesco Starace, Former Enel CEO

Preview image for the video "Stakeholders, Management, and Capitalism: A Conversation with Francesco Starace, Former Enel CEO".
As CEO of Enel, Francesco Starace set into motion a company-wide transformation that unleashed innovation, shifted its business, forged new ways to engage communities, and resulted in a near doubling of the company’s market value. The conversation was moderated by Jon Iwata and took place at the Yale School of Management.

Fernando González Olivieri, Cemex CEO

Preview image for the video "Stakeholders, Management, and Capitalism: A Conversation with Fernando González Olivieri, Cemex CEO".
Fernando González Olivieri has spearheaded global growth and transformation at Cemex, with innovation and sustainability at the forefront of stakeholder value creation. The conversation was moderated by Horacio Arredondo, Dean of EGADE Business School and took place EGADE Business School at Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico.

Paul Polman, Former Unilever CEO

Preview image for the video "Stakeholders, Capitalism, and Management: A Conversation with Paul Polman, Former Unilever CEO".
Paul Polman developed Sustainable Living as the organizing principle for Unilever while also achieving excellent financial performance. The conversation was moderated by Professor Edward Snyder and took place during a new elective class on stakeholder management at the Yale School of Management.

Indra Nooyi, Former PepsiCo CEO

Indra Nooyi is recognized for aligning PepsiCo’s customers, employees, suppliers, and shareholders around Performance with Purpose. The conversation was moderated by Professor Edward Snyder and took place during a new elective class on stakeholder management at Yale School of Management.

Global Network member schools are contributing to the speaker series by hosting interviews with senior executives on the topic of stakeholder management and inviting GNAM students to join virtually. The video recordings will be accessible to the public here on our website in the coming months.

About the Global Network for Advanced Management:

GNAM’s mission is to drive innovation and create value by connecting leading global business schools, their resources, and their stakeholders. Launched in 2012, the global network includes 32 leading business schools from diverse regions, countries, cultures, and economies in different phases of development. Member schools connect their students, faculty, staff, alumni, and other constituencies so that they can deepen their understanding of differences and commonalities in their economies and increase their effectiveness. Today, many Global Network schools are already exploring aspects of stakeholder management. To find out more, visit the GNAM website.