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- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Business at the Summit
an economic crisis erupts, something that has happened with regularity. Nor does it stop governments from intervening at the risk of doing more harm than good. Few, it seems, learn from the lessons of history. In Ferguson’s view, the real... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Letters to the Editor
and responsibilities, limits of markets and models, risk and restraint, pros and cons of regulation — all appeared in some form in the cases I studied. The best way to learn leadership in business is to give... View Details
- 15 Nov 2018
- News
Don’t Be Afraid of AI
we regulate AI as it develops in a way that gets the best out of it while limits the things that are potentially problematic and where it can be misused. Morrell: Have you thought about what that regulation... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Riding It Out
recall of 450,000 tires missing a key safety feature that a U.S. importer had purchased from a Chinese manufacturer and distributed to retail outlets. “I don’t think there is a strong culture of adherence to regulations in China right... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Prognosis
of telemedicine. At MGH these virtual visits skyrocketed, allowing patients and doctors to reduce the risk of spreading the virus. How did that change come about so suddenly, after years of existing on the fringes? Robert Huckman: What... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Water for Life
reducing system loss and turning around a public corporation in disarray was a formidable and risky challenge. There were also risks on the regulatory front, where water-related issues could be susceptible to political pressure. However,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
All in a Day's Work
list of every loan in the works, discussing risk factors, the market, and local politics. “That’s always an interesting meeting for me, since I used to be on the borrower’s side at my job in Houston.” Oakes says that before she heard... View Details
- 24 Sep 2020
- News
The Race for a Vaccine
most companies, the financial risk remained too high to justify the potential reward—a situation that too often led to dangerous vaccine shortages. It was at this moment that Moderna turned its attention to vaccines. The company had been... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
and the costs sometimes associated with implementing "green" strategies - strong government regulation at home and abroad will continue to be necessary in order to motivate many businesses to become more environmentally accountable. He... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Who Are We?
clubby," says the native New Yorker and parent of two with HBS classmate Nicolas Bornozis. "Between changes in regulation and changes in technology, it's been completely revolutionized since I left HBS." Now at Bloomberg, Konstance's... View Details
- 17 Nov 2022
- News
Blockchain for Good
cash, which is held by a regulated third party in a segregated account. “Holding 100 percent liquid collateral for our stablecoins eliminates any risk of a bank run, which is something no other provider can... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
to rebuild family relationships and rejuvenate his sense of purpose, he risks his career on a life-altering physical and emotional journey. Together with his wife and children, Feder sets off for an exotic island on a self-prescribed... View Details
- 16 Dec 2016
- News
An Environmental Epiphany
that decision? So when I became convinced that climate change is this moral challenge of our generation, I figured that the best way to address this issue at scale is to change the rules of the game. To work on the policies and View Details
- 13 Jun 2017
- News
Finding Common Ground
to think about something outside its narrow interests is very difficult.” Similarly, activists and government regulators are also immersed in the worldview of their own environments. “There’s bonding in running down the other and in... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Next Level
trajectory, The threat is to any company in the industry: If someone else is improving at a faster rate than me, even if I’m better than them today, I won’t be better than them tomorrow.” The company acquired gaming studio Activision Blizzard in late 2023, over the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
India Arrives
portable generators he’d been selling in India. When Mittal traveled to East Asia in search of new ideas, he saw push-button phones in Taiwan (most Indian phones were rotary dial at the time). Government regulations forbade the import of... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Short Takes
circumstances under which companies can, in terms of the environment, most successfully create value or lessen business risk. (An example of value created and risk reduced might be found with a newly developed, disease-resistant plant... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
A Boomtown's Echo
issues that came out of that bust. So they’re almost too conservative. They’re not investing in infrastructure as much as they could or should. I’ve literally called banks while working on real estate development projects, and they’re going, ‘Nope, we’ve got enough of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Bad Times for Business
as good as we thought. Hopefully, we'll better understand the conflicts of interest, improve the system, and have more awareness of the risks of investing. Rosabeth Moss Kanter: If a few rotten apples can spoil the barrel, I think we have... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
may be “extraordinary,” but it runs the risk of missing the mark. Studying “meltdown,” “executive pay,” “reporting,” and “liquidity” could be useful. Those subjects, however, are consequences not causes. Please give some thought and study... View Details