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Thomas Keusch

Assistant Professor of Accounting and Control

Biography

Thomas Keusch is an Assistant Professor of Accounting and Control at INSEAD. Prior to joining INSEAD, he was on the faculty of Erasmus University Rotterdam. He obtained his PhD at Maastricht University and he was a visiting researcher at Fuqua School of Business, Wharton, and Harvard Law School.

Thomas teaches Managerial Accounting, Sustainability, and Corporate Governance in INSEAD’s MBA, Executive MBA, Master in Management, and PhD programs.

In Managerial Accounting, he emphasizes cost and performance measurement, managerial decision making, and incentives.

In Sustainability, he develops frameworks and case studies for estimating environmental costs, identifying strategic corporate sustainability priorities, and navigating tradeoffs between profitability and sustainability in decision making and performance evaluation.

In Corporate Governance, Thomas discusses the prospects of stakeholder governance vs shareholder governance, the roles of key governance actors inside and outside the firm, and board dynamics.

Thomas’ research interests include managerial accounting, sustainability, and corporate governance. His research has been published in The Accounting Review, the Journal of Financial Economics, the Journal of Accounting and Economics, Management Science, and the European Accounting Review.

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Responsibility

Getting Shareholders on Board With Your Sustainability Vision

Thomas Keusch

Asking for shareholders’ blessings upfront is better than asking for forgiveness later.

Responsibility

INSEAD Explains Sustainability: The Role of NGOs

Thomas Keusch

Be it as a watchdog or collaborator, NGOs are pushing companies to be more sustainable.

Responsibility

How NGO Activism Can Move the Dial for Sustainability

Thomas Keusch

Beyond making “noise”, NGOs are making real impact by influencing companies to act more responsibly.

Strategy

How Hedge Fund Activists Influence Target Firms

Thomas Keusch

Understanding settlement agreements is important to see the complete picture of the corporate governance landscape.

Leadership & Organisations

Why the Whole Board Needs to be on Top of Risk Management

Thomas Keusch

Delegating risk oversight to committees is not enough.