EoM Academic Community

The EoM Foundation team has set up a mailing list for those in the academic world interested in the Economics of Mutuality and wider responsible business space. If you are a professor, researcher or student and would like to receive exclusive content, please sign up below. We have an in-depth pool of freely available online resources to advance Economics of Mutuality knowledge, teaching, research, and dissemination.

Oxford MBA Module Recordings

Once you have joined the mailing list, we will send you a link to video recordings of 8 lectures that comprise an MBA elective module taught in the summer term of 2021 at Oxford University’s Saïd Business School entitled ‘The Nature of the Corporation: Putting Purpose into Practice and the Economics of Mutuality’.

The module is led by Oxford Professor Colin Mayer CBE and features a range of expert speakers listed below. It aims to provide students with an understanding of the opportunity business leaders, investors, and policymakers have to reposition the corporation positively in ways that reflect the changing needs of society and the environment in today’s world.

It brings together material from many different parts of the MBA and MFE programmes, as well as breakthrough findings from the longstanding Oxford EoM Research Lab.

Lecture 1: Purpose
The Centrality of Purpose to Drive Business Strategy

Colin Mayer CBE, Peter Moores Professor of Management Studies, Saïd Business School
Bruno Roche, Founder, Economics of Mutuality; Former Chief Economist, Mars, Inc.
Charles Wookey, CEO, Blueprint for Better Business
Nadia Terfous, Managing Director, EoM Solutions

Lecture 2: Mutuality
Ecosystem Mapping & Orchestration to Align Stakeholders with Purpose

Colin Mayer CBE, Peter Moores Professor of Management Studies, Saïd Business School
Jay Jakub, Senior Client Advisor, Chief Advocacy Officer, EoM Movement
Yassine El Ouarzazi, Principal, Capabilities & Innovation, EoM Solutions
Alastair Colin-Jones, Project Lead, Applied Research, EoM Solutions

Lecture 3: Innovation
Intrapreneurship to Deliver Greater Corporate Value

Colin Mayer CBE, Peter Moores Professor of Management Studies, Saïd Business School
Milan Samani, Partner, TIL Ventures

Lecture 4: Measurement
Accounting to Measure Performance and Report Impact

Colin Mayer CBE, Peter Moores Professor of Management Studies, Saïd Business School
Judith Stroehle, Senior Research Fellow, Saïd Business School
Loic Moutault, CEO, Royal Canin
Anette Mikes, Professor of Accounting, Saïd Business School

Lecture 5: Leadership
Strategy to Promote the Success and Turnaround of Businesses

Bruno Roche, Founder, Economics of Mutuality; Former Chief Economist, Mars, Inc.
Isabelle Kocher, Former CEO, Engie
Ian Burton, Former President, Mars Wrigley China

Lecture 6: Ownership
Governance to Promote the Long-Term Success of Business

Colin Mayer CBE, Peter Moores Professor of Management Studies, Saïd Business School
Martin Radvan, Former CEO, Mars Wrigley Confectionary
Mary Johnstone-Louis, Senior Research Fellow and Programme Director, Saïd Business School

Lecture 7: Investment
Institutional Investment and Finance for Long-Term Value Creation

Colin Mayer CBE, Peter Moores Professor of Management Studies, Saïd Business School
Judith Stroehle, Senior Research Fellow, Saïd Business School
Timothy Wong, Managing Director, DBS Bank
Bertrand Badré, Former Managing Director, World Bank

Lecture 8: Finance
Banking for Corporate Growth and Development

Colin Mayer CBE, Peter Moores Professor of Management Studies, Saïd Business School
Richard Winder, Handelsbanken, UK Head of Sustainability

Other Resources

In addition to material reserved for the EoM Academic Community, we have a library of publicly accessible resources available including:

Putting Purpose into Practice Book and Webinars

Putting Purpose into Practice: The Economics of Mutuality was published in English by Oxford University Press in 2021 and in Chinese by China Translation and Publishing House in 2022.

It explores how the Economics of Mutuality empowers business to thrive by meeting the needs of the world. Editors Colin Mayer and Bruno Roche have compiled chapters written by responsible business experts, as well as in-depth case studies covering a wide range of contexts.

An accompanying webinar series ran between March and November 2021 featuring guest speakers including purposeful business champion Paul Polman and former Engie CEO Isabelle Kocher.

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Oxford Economics of Mutuality Forums

Each year since 2016, students and leaders from around the world with influence in business, finance, policy, and education have met to discuss how the Economics of Mutuality can equip companies to transform the economic system.

In 2021, speakers included Former Apple Retail SVP Angela Ahrendts, BlackRock Managing Director of External Affairs Sandra Lawson, and Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff.

The Forum explored three critical aspects of accelerating the transition to a more responsible and purposeful form of capitalism: leadership, measurement, and investment.

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