Welcome to the School of Business

The School of Business hosted a research conference on “Private Equity, LBOs, and Corporate Governance” on June 25th, 2010. 

With the aim to produce a special issue of Corporate Governance: An International Review, the conferencel convened experts from leading academic institutions in the U.S., U.K., Germany, the Middle East, and Canada.  The conference was organized by Professor Donald Siegel, Dean of the School of Business at the UAlbany, who is co-editing the special issue with Professor Igor Filatotchev of City University London and Professor Mike Wright of the University of Nottingham. Professor Wright delivered the keynote address on “Private Equity: The Golden Age Has Ended, Building a New Future.” He also serves as Director of the Centre for Management Buy-out and Private Equity Research, which was the first center established to study private equity and buyouts.  The conference also featured a practitioner panel of School of Business alums who are leading private equity executives. See the details here.