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“Shareholder Value & ESG” - The Probasco Chair Fall Lecture At UTC

Ramon DeGennaro
American Institute for Economic Research
Ramon DeGennaro

What does it mean for maximizing shareholder wealth?

What are the upsides, the downsides and the misperceptions?

Ramon DeGennaro is Professor Emeritus of Banking and Finance at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.

On Thursday, September 28th, he will give a talk on shareholder theory and ESG on our campus - the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga - for the Probasco Chair Fall Lecture Series at the Gary W. Rollins College of Business - in the University Center Auditorium starting at 5:30 PM.

I spoke with Ramon - and Claudia Williamson Kramer, Probasco Distinguished Chair of Free Enterprise and Professor of Economics here at UTC.

Claudia Williamson Kramer
UTC
Claudia Williamson Kramer

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