Economic Theory Of Regulation - Publications - Faculty & Research

14 Nov 2012
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Thomas McCraw, 72; Harvard professor was awarded Pulitzer for his book ‘Prophets of Regulation’

01 Mar 2023
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The Latest Model

Unlike some consultancies, Prysm is industry-agnostic. Rather than working in siloed practice areas like transportation or financial services, Barrera and Hurder use their understanding of fundamental View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; blockchain; cryptocurrency; economic models; innovation; consulting; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Feb 1999
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Too Much of a Good Thing?

development-oriented, production-intensive, and competitive global economy of the future. In that context, what seems certain is that some companies and countries, when confronted with overcapacity, will nevertheless plow ahead with the... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

08 May 2015
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An alternative view of the role of the corporation in society

Do corporations do well by doing good? Or do firms that engage in environmental and social initiatives destroy shareholder wealth? George Serafeim, the Jakurski Family Associate Professor of Business Administration, has studied how... View Details

01 Mar 2009
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The Myth of Laissez-Faire

Even as government intervention and regulation are looming large in the United States, one is still pulled up short on encountering Jeff Madrick’s new book, The Case for Big Government (Princeton University Press). And when he says big,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Dec 2016
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Alumni Books of 2016

departure of more than 200,000 Huguenots at the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes was a well-documented economic disaster for the kingdom View Details

08 May 2015
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A new view of the cost of equity and capital requirements for banks

lending rates and economic activity. Prevailing economic theory holds that the cost-of-capital effect is negligible in an ideal market. Malcolm P. Baker, the Robert G. Kirby... View Details

15 Jun 2021
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The Path out of Polarization

true, which sounds a lot like the moment through which we’re living, but they managed to get there without Twitter and Facebook and YouTube. I do have a certain kind of hope for generational change in two ways. Enough mayhem was created... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Telecommunications; Information

01 Apr 1996
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Stewards of the Seventh Generation

"In our every deliberation, we must consider the impact of our decisions of the next seven generations." —from the Great Law of the Iroquois Confederacy "In our every... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso, Garry Emmons, Linda Goodspeed, and Elaine Gottlieb

01 Dec 1996
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Intellectual Debate: The Business of Business

Organizations and Markets unit (see Theory and Practice for a profile of the O&M unit) quickly sparked discussion in two different areas. Noting that the unit's Coordination, Control, and the Management... View Details

01 Mar 2018
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Making Sense of the Modern Startup

humor Professor Sahlman and sign up for his adventurous new course. Wouldn’t they? Sahlman believed he had a conceptual structure for the course that might protect him from the dreaded Onion Outcome. “My goal from the beginning,” he recalls, “was not to dump all View Details

Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)

04 Sep 2019
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Research Brief: Ending the Legacy of Poverty

skills development. Those qualities, known as human capital, provide a better predictor of economic status, says Associate Professor Scott Duke Kominers. “A Theory View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers; Educational Services

01 Dec 1996
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Organizations and Markets: A Challenging View of the World

titled "Foundations of a Theory of Organizations," students gain insights into human behavior through reading Daniel Goleman's popular work Emotional Intelligence. They expand... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Jun 2017
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A Finger on the Pulse of the Financial System

leaders in this field. The BFFS Project is helping us disseminate knowledge that could help prevent a lot of economic misery.” Learn more by visiting alumni.hbs.edu/BFFSproject. photo by Russ Campbell “If... View Details

01 Feb 1997
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Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS

unit does not advocate one style of organization over another, Teresa M. Amabile, MBA Class of 1954 Professor of Business Administration, notes that "the current View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry and Susan Young; profiles by Garry Emmons