Strategic Management Seminar Series featuring Aneel Karnani

Professor Aneel Karnani is a faculty member of the Strategy group at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. Professor Karnani's interests are focused on three topics: strategies for growth, global competition, and the role of business in society. He is interested in global competition, particularly in the context of emerging economies. His recent research has focused on poverty reduction and the appropriate roles for the private sector, the state and civil society. He is also interested in how society can strike the appropriate balance between private profits and public welfare in tackling major societal challenges. Karnani is the author of the book Fighting Poverty Together.

Dr. Karnani will present "Corporate Purpose in a World with Governments" on Friday, February 26, 2026 at 10:30 am.