2026 Strategy & Business Environment Conference - 26th Annual

WELCOME: Georgy Egorov & Brayden King,  Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

Electoral Uncertainty Over The Investment Lifecycle

Sukrit S Puri, London Business School

Discussant: Ken Shotts, Stanford Business School GSB

Corporate Political Activities and Common Ownership: Coordinated Responses to Democratic Backsliding After January 6th

Zhao Li, NYU Stern

Discussant: Tim Werner, University of Texas - McCombs School of Business

Break

Great Expectations: Using Media Sentiment to Detect the Financial Impact of Corporate Reputation Expectancy Violations

Emily Ulrich, University of Pennsylvania, Wharton

Discussant: Amanda Sharkey, University of Notre Dame

Lunch

Legal Therapy: Coercion, the Courts, & Structural Transformation in China

Noam Yuchtman, London School of Economics and Political Science

Discussant: Lori Yue, Columbia Business School

Toward Net Zero? How Political Ideologies and Stakeholder Activism Affect Corporate Communication About Decarbonization in the United States, 2006-2024

Bodi Vasi, University of Iowa

Discussant: Klaus Weber, Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

Nationalism Meets Entrepreneurship: Rise of Buy American Movement and Ideological Recategorization of "Proudly Made in USA," 2000-2003

Yilang Feng, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Discussant: Tony He, Rutgers University

How Social Upheaval Shaped DEI Hiring Practices: Evidence from 25 Million Job Postings, and Hires

Aharon Cohen-Mohliver, London Business School

Discussant: Forrest Briscoe, Cornell University 

Strategies at Entry of For-Profit and Non-Profit Firms in Public Services: Insights from Private Higher Education

Thomaz Teodorovicz, Copenhagen Business School

Discussant: Adam Fremeth, Ivey Business School

Social Movements and Bargaining Power: Evidence from Venture Capital and MeToo

Genevieve Gregorich, Columbia Business School

Discussant: Mary-Hunter McDonnell, University of Pennsylvania - Wharton

ESG Choice with Polarized Investors

Enrichetta Ravina, Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

Discussant: Tom Lyon, University of Michigan

"Global Tariff Pass-Through: Which Firms Gain, Which Firms Lose?"

Dennis Quinn, McDonough School of Business/Department of Government, Georgetown University

Discussant: Nicola Persico, Kellogg School of Management