Associate Director, Global Board Centre, IMD Business School
Current: Associate Director, IMD Business School, Switzerland
Education: PhD - University of Colorado, MBA - University of Texas
Past: 18 years as a finance professor in the U.S. (Colorado, New Hampshire, Oregon) teaching valuation, economics sustainability and leadership to undergrads, MBA, MSF, NGO leaders and executives
Distant Past: Private equity research analyst, acquisition consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers
Last Book: "Sustainable Financial Investments: Maximizing Corporate Profits and Long-Term Economic Value Creation"
Next Book: Working on it, but not nearly enough.
Research: Boards of directors, corporate governance, ownership structure, corporate culture, innovation, sustainability, CSR, financial institutions, financial crises, valuation, social enterprises, leadership
Why PepsiCo is splashing out US$3.2 billion on SodaStream
Aug 23, 2018 23:18 pm UTC| Insights & Views Business
PepsiCo announced it would acquire SodaStream for US$3.2 billion, a 10% premium on SodaStreams stock price and a 100% increase since the beginning of 2018. On the surface, it could be that a large, diversified food and...
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