Behind Closed Doors

by dennis | Nov 22, 2025 | Articles 2025, News & Analysis (Substack)

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. In my previous piece I discussed Dorothy’s major fail in helping me to better understand the Meta/Blue Owl Capital Hyperion data center transaction that was...

One Accounting Question, Three Agents, and a Dorothy Crash

by dennis | Nov 21, 2025 | Articles 2025, News & Analysis (Substack)

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. My friend and colleague Professor Shivaram Rajgopal of Columbia Business School is one of those rare academics who remains prolific in the refereed journal...

The Missing Link In EMDE Finance: Private Equity And Private Debt

by dennis | Nov 20, 2025 | Articles 2025, News & Analysis

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. The Principles for Responsible Investment has recently published a very interesting report “Who Invests and How? Unlocking and mainstreaming institutional...

Six Months in the World of AI

by dennis | Nov 19, 2025 | Articles 2025, News & Analysis (Substack)

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. Reaching the six-month mark seems like a good time to take stock of where I now stand in the world of AI. I had never touched AI until May 19, 2025, when I...

A Tale of Two Letters

by dennis | Nov 9, 2025 | Articles 2025, News & Analysis (Substack)

Robert G. EcclesauthorFollow SustainabilityTenured Harvard Business School professor, now at Oxford University. Last week, two of the world’s most influential tech titans issued publicly available letters that touch on two critical and highly connected topics: climate...