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When a company faces substantial reputational harm, the involvement of senior management becomes crucial in initiating effective repairs. Exploring why executives promptly address certain negative incidents while neglecting others is the focus of a framework developed by Professor Shahzad (Shaz) Ansari.

Companies whose CEOs expressed empathy on conference calls fared better as shares tumbled when the pandemic took hold, finds new study co-authored by Jochen Menges of Cambridge Judge.

By analysing a sample of 803 public M&A deals spanning over 3 decades, CERF research associate Luxi (Lucy) Wang studies the impact of M&As on innovative labours by examining inventors’ turnovers and productivity changes.