This programme investigates the links between the financial sector and the real economy in three areas. The first area studies the role that financial intermediaries have in creating value for the firms’ stakeholders and contributing to business growth and productivity. These intermediaries include banks, business angels, private equity funds, crowdsourcing platforms, and venture capital investors. The second examines how public and private innovations, in the form of regulations and financial technologies impact the financing of corporations and start-up firms. The third area looks at the role of financial markets in delivering sustainable growth and providing public goods over the long-term. We produce scholarship that improves financial decision making by firms, investors, and policy makers. We achieve this through two methods: conducting rigorous academic research on the relationship between the financial sector and the real economy; and collaborating with practitioners who can offer operational insights and complement academic analyses.
Part of the research in this programme is funded by the Responsible Investing Initiative.
The Programme Directors are Juanita Gonzalez-Uribe and Dirk Jenter.
