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- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Three Appointed to Endowed Professorships
market and nonmarket strategy, particularly in the energy industry and in the food and agribusiness sector. He is interested in the relations between government regulation and corporate strategy, the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Is Private Equity Blockchain’s Killer App?
initiative Northern Trust has piloted—that birthday picture is a contract, and your sister is the PE firm’s general partner. The limited partners get to see only their investment; the lawyers get to see only the transactions for the parties they represent; and the... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Off Script
according to one study—and the limited lifespan of patent rights. What can the pharmaceutical industry and government regulators do to improve conditions? We put your queries to Fred Hassan (MBA 1972), a... View Details
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Examining Climate Change From a Business Perspective
opinion and climate policies, and the relative cost of various energy sources. “There is always lively classroom discussion about whether industries that pollute are paying a high enough price for their trans- gressions and whether... View Details
- 17 Jan 2025
- News
Tracking Modern Air Travel’s Takeoff
put them into bankruptcy because it was too small for them to worry about and didn't want to go through the fuss of a chapter 11. So they readily agreed to a deal with us where we acquired control. AW: How was government regulation... View Details
- 25 Mar 2008
- News
Whistling Past the Graveyard
power have been virtually stagnant for decades. Two incomes are required where one used to suffice. Jobs and entire industries have gone overseas. The trade deficit has grown enormously. Tax codes have become skewed to the very wealthy.... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stasis and Turmoil: HBS Research for the Real World
shaping the business environment and, in turn, influencing performance at the industry and firm level. Since joining the faculty in 1989, Emmons has conducted extensive research on the interaction between government policy and business... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
regulated industries — joined New England Electric in 1989, he immediately recognized that the public's demand for energy conservation would have to be met as a business opportunity. For that to happen,... View Details
- 15 Apr 2011
- News
Students Hear Wall St. Critics
sheer power, arrogance, and swagger,” he said of the financial industry and its political and lobbying clout in Washington. “My biggest takeaway was the extent to which financial services drive the economy, and how much of it was just... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Herzlinger on Health Care: Revolution in Evolution
conversation. What are the major market forces that are transforming the health-care system? First and foremost, it's consumers. They have already revolutionized the retailing and information industries because they are so busy working... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Ask the Expert: Delivering the Goods
expectations with promises of same-day delivery, the logistics industry is looking to completely new models, like crowdsourcing, autonomous technology, and on-demand delivery. Robert Reisner (MBA 1971), who led the Postal Service’s... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The Business Case (Or Not) for Sustainability
climate change, ocean acidification, or depleting the topsoil, because business as a whole is going to suffer from the results of environmental degradation. There is a very strong collective case for business action, but from a show-me-the-money perspective, it depends... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Engaging with Students to Share Insights About Africa
offered again in 2019. Through case discussions and interactions with 15 alumni guest speakers, most of whom traveled from Africa, students explored multinationals, regulation and compliance, public-private partnerships, and what makes... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
One-on-One with William H. Donaldson
chief regulator of America’s securities markets. To make matters worse, Donaldson hardly had time to settle into his new job before revelations surfaced of wrongdoing in the mutual-fund industry, triggering a new round of regulatory... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Diagnosing DC’s Dysfunction
report “The politics industry is different from virtually all other industries in the economy because the participants themselves control the rules of competition,” write Gehl and Porter. “There is no truly... View Details
- 30 Jul 2010
- News
Notes from a Hammock
regulators but by an unheralded journalist at Fortune. But that was a rare and exceptional case; there are some good and knowledgeable financial journalists (including several HBS alumni) but not enough. In addition, the cash-strapped... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
The Latest Model
was booming: The price of bitcoin had surged to nearly $20,000; governments were beginning to recognize the cryptocurrency as legal tender; and industries from fintech to pharma were launching blockchain-related projects. (Though best... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
involved in establishing the modern mutual fund industry and continue in prominent leadership positions today. Much like management consulting and venture capital, it's an industry that really owes its... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Made in the USA
course the lobster industry tried it, but in less than two years, the traps rusted and the welds broke. Our customers came back, because they realized cheaper wasn’t better.” Equipment that automates repetitive tasks—such as a $2.5... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
The Baby Business
elsewhere that regulation can provide the legitimacy and order that nascent industries need in order to grow. Are there any calls for regulation from within the baby business... View Details