Video: Pioneers in Finance: An Interview with Michael C. Jensen - Part 2 Video 3

Abstract

This interview is Part 2 of a two-part series (which series contains 2 pdf files of the transcripts and 4 videos) in which Professor Ralph Walkling, the Stratakis Chair in Corporate Governance and Executive Director of the Center for Corporate Governance at Drexel University, interviews Professor Michael C. Jensen, Jesse Isidor Straus Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, of the Harvard Business School, on topics ranging from his early work to current research.

Professor Jensen discusses the creation of "Jensen’s Alpha", the market model, the founding of the Journal of Financial Economics (JFE) and the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) and his current research on leadership, integrity and ontology. In addition, he reflects on on influential colleagues and provides advice to new professors.

The second pdf file of the full interview can be downloaded from this page and links to all 4 of the videos are available directly below.

Part (1) Video (1) PDF file of the Transcript of the first half of the full interview is available here.

Part (1) Video (2)

Part (2) Video (3) PDF file of the Transcript of the second half of the full interview is available here.

Part (2) Video (4). .

Keywords: Epistomology, Ontology, Ontological Constraints, Context, Knowing vs. Being, Leadership, Agency Theory, SSRN, JFE, Integrity, Jensen's Alpha, Passion, Authenticity, Commitment

JEL Classification: A13, D74, G14, G30, L21, M10