Morten Bennedsen
Visiting Professor of Economics at INSEAD
Biography
Morten Bennedsen’s main research area is the governance of family firms and other closely held corporations in a global context. He has done research on family firms, closely held corporations, capital structures, venture capital, investor protection, ownership structures, and privatisation. His work has been published in top finance and economics journals, such as Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Political Economics, Quarterly Journals of Economics, Journal of Banking and Finance, and Journal of Public Economics. Morten Bennedsen has won a number of research and teaching prizes, such as the winner of the Danish part of the EURYI competition (2004), the FUHU prize for Best Teaching and Course Development at the Copenhagen Business School (2006), and the biggest Danish individual research prize - EliteForsk 2008 - from the Danish Ministry of Science.
He has served as an advisor to the Danish Ministry of Business in the area of family firms and succession politics in particular, and, more generally, on corporate financial policy. He has done advisory and consultancy work for a.o., the Danish association of private equity funds, the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the World Bank, and Novo Nordisk Foundation. He frequently gives talks to family firms, corporate finance institutions, investment banks, and private equity funds on governance of family firms and the economic consequences of succession.
Morten Bennedsen’s research has been cited in many international newspapers including The Wall Street Journal, International Herald Tribune and business newspapers in Germany, Nederlands, Portugal, Norway and Denmark.
Latest posts
Covid-19 Furloughs Helped Firms Thrive
M. Bennedsen, B. Larsen, I. Schmutte, D. Scur
A Career in the Family Business: Duty or Choice?
M. Bennedsen, C. Harbour, A. Tirard
Could Living Near the Office Make You a Better CEO?
M. Bennedsen, M. D. Amore, B. Larsen
A Different Kind of Family Firm Hiding in Plain Sight
Morten Bennedsen
Professionalising the Family Firm
R. Noyes, M. Bennedsen
Why Family CEOs Outperform Their Non-Family Predecessors
Morten Bennedsen
Covid-19 Furloughs Are Getting the Job Done
M. Bennedsen, B. Larsen, I. Schmutte, D. Scur
Gender Wage Gaps Close When They Are Disclosed
Family Business Longevity Requires Owners to Step Back
M. Bennedsen, B. Henry
Planning for Family Business Longevity in Three Steps
M. Bennedsen, B. Henry
When Loyalty Becomes a Liability to Family Firms
M. Bennedsen, B. Henry
When Succession Skips a Generation
Morten Bennedsen & Brian Henry
Protecting the Business from Generational Friction
M. Bennedsen, B. Henry
Five Challenges That Could Derail a Succession Plan
M. Bennedsen, B. Henry
Four Simple Rules for Succession Planning
Morten Bennedsen & Brian Henry
A Recipe for Employee Motivation
The Implications of the EU vs. Apple Case
Morten Bennedsen & Mark Stabile
Enduring Firms Transfer Assets and Knowledge Effectively
Morten Bennedsen
Long-Lasting Family Firms Transform in Times of Hardship
Losing the Battle for Dow Jones
Steering a Carmaker out of a Crisis
Dangers of Gun-based Succession Planning
How to Institutionalise Innovation
Even in Non-Corrupt Countries, Political Power Pays Off