About the Speaker

Chris Marquis is a Visiting Professor of Social Innovation and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. He is also the Samuel C. Johnson Professor in Sustainable Global Enterprise and Professor of Management at Cornell University and a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Peking University. Prior to joining Cornell, he worked for 10 years at Harvard Business School. He received a PhD in Sociology and Business Administration from the University of Michigan. Before his academic career, Marquis worked for 6 years in the financial services industry, most recently as Vice President and Technology Manager for a business unit of J.P. Morgan Chase.

Professor Marquis’ teaching and research is focused on how business can have a positive impact on society and the natural environment. He is currently pursuing several streams of research. The first seeks to assess how firms’ and entrepreneurs’ social and environmental strategies and activities can be designed to maximize both business and social value. The second explores how corporate shared value initiatives and nonprofits have developed in China. Finally, the third examines institutional change processes in emerging markets.

About the PKU MBA Speaker Series

The PKU MBA Speaker Series reintegrates higher education into the local community. Held on an approximately bi-monthly basis, the PKU MBA Speaker Series brings Peking University, Guanghua School of Management's high-level academics and leading researchers into the heart of Beijing’s downtown core. These intimate events, consisting of keynote speakers, group discussion and networking are a call-back to one of the original arenas of profound inquiry and learning – the local community pub.

Time： 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm,Tuesday ,November 14th
Venue：Coffee House at Guanghua School of Management Building No.1, 1st Floor,Peking University

For more information and to reserve a spot for this event, please click the link: http://g.eqxiu.com/s/x06skkt8