Regulatory Capture - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

The High Risks of Short-Term Management

short horizon and the volatility of their stock, this does not apply to the association between short-termism and cost of capital. We interpret this as evidence that our short-termism measure captures a dimension of non-diversifiable risk... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services

03 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

Top Ten Legal Mistakes Made by Entrepreneurs

My goal for the course—and for the coaching I give entrepreneurs—is to give them sufficient comfort with the legal concepts to feel confident in driving the process, to understand the ways in which the law is a constraint, but also the ways in which it is a tool that... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

22 Jan 2013
First Look

First Look: Jan. 22

individual. This article offers a critical review of this rich yet disparate literature and guides research toward a multilevel theory of imprinting. We start with a definition that captures the general features of imprinting across... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Web

Electricity - Business & Environment

Confronting Climate Change Electricity Renewables, nuclear, and carbon capture offer massive market potential The combustion of fossil fuels to generate electricity is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions and the largest... View Details

03 Jul 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 3, 2018

comparatively linear and sequential approach adopted by medical device development teams in developed countries like the United States. Further, we suggest that such testing is feasible in India because of the prevailing regulatory... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

20 Oct 2010
Op-Ed

Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic

Some of these barriers are related to inefficiencies in the domestic business environment, for example those captured in the World Bank's Logistical Performance Index (Arvis et al., 2010). Others are related to market access abroad, for... View Details

Keywords: by Christian Ketels

31 May 2017
What Do You Think?

Can Amazon Do What Walmart Couldn’t, Stop the 'Wheel of Retailing'?

years later another colleague relies on Amazon for delivery of dog food to a remote location in Maine at a price comparable to the local supermarket.) There is no question that Bezos has built a retailing juggernaut, one that is capturing... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail

11 Feb 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

10 Rules Entrepreneurs Need to Know Before Adopting AI

tailored for their situation. Artificial intelligence should enable better solutions. Is the market ready to support your solution? As more of the world gets digitized, “datafication” (our ability to capture data from many aspects of the... View Details

Keywords: by Rocio Wu

28 Mar 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: RMZ EcoWorld

possible. This was surprising, given our understanding of the “split incentives” problem in green buildings: the party responsible for emissions-reducing investments (developers) are often unable to capture the savings of those... View Details

05 Sep 2018
Research & Ideas

The Hidden Benefit of Giving Back to Open Source Software

competitive advantage for companies in certain circumstances. First, there must be an opportunity for the learning to be implemented. A firm that uses a third-party vendor to package its version of Linux, for example, would have trouble View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Computer

22 Feb 2022
News

New Urban Order

Increase waste recycling in general. And, finally, focus on capturing the energy generated when decades-old trash decomposes. Public policy is a big factor in making a lot of this happen, Jackman points out. For starters, you have to make... View Details

Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services

11 Jan 2010
Research & Ideas

Mixing Open Source and Proprietary Software Strategies

of services. If anything, our research plainly shows that value creation doesn't necessarily lead to value capture. Instead, for-profit firms should choose a business model to capture as much value as possible, taking into account the... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Web Services

12 Nov 2021
News

Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

humanity,” it boldly and accurately captures that the challenge ahead of us is not just about carbon emissions, but for the future of our businesses, our economy, our people and our planet. Now is the time for bold leadership, swift... View Details

15 Jun 2007
Research & Ideas

Remembering Alfred Chandler

scholar I've ever encountered." There was no hint of vanity or even self-consciousness—let alone of the prima-donna bearing typical of too many eminent academics. Instead there was a rare combination of self-effacement and self-assurance. His character is not easy... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

16 Oct 2014
News

Reducing special-interest influence over government regulation

lead to problems of its own. David A. Moss, the John G. McLean Professor of Business Administration, has helped lead a team of scholars from across the country to examine how to mitigate or prevent regulatory View Details

01 Sep 2013
News

Faculty Books

This book brings together scholars from multiple disciplines who examine contemporary regulation to gain a clearer grasp of what regulatory capture is, where and to what extent it occurs, and what prevents... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

21 Sep 2016
News

Accelerating Change on Medicine’s Final Frontier

has the responsibility to push the field forward.” To date, NeuroLaunch has worked with 11 startups and is currently assembling a new group of applicants for its 90-day curated program, which focuses on product development, operations, clinical and View Details

12 Jan 2015
Research & Ideas

Regulators Ease Up on Companies Generating Political Benefits

of the financial scandals that propelled the recent economic collapse, Heese looked at enforcement by the Securities and Exchange Commission, asking why regulators were so amiss at monitoring firms' compliance with accounting standards. The View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

14 May 2019
Research & Ideas

Ethics Bots and Other Ways to Move Your Code of Business Conduct Beyond Puffery

benefits from regulatory and enforcement agencies if something goes amiss. For example, showing that a firm took pains to educate employees on legal regulations can potentially reduce fines by up to 95 percent. Ideally, the code of ethics... View Details