Publications

2011
Chapter

Reversing the Null: Regulation, Deregulation, and the Power of Ideas

By: David Moss

Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Innovation and Invention; Government and Politics

May 25, 2004
Article

Specialization and Its Discontents: The Pernicious Impact of Regulations Against Specialization and Physician Ownership on the U.S. Healthcare System

By: Regina E. Herzlinger

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Ownership; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Health Industry; United States

May 1995
Background Note

Note on Industry Self-Regulation and U.S. Antitrust Laws

By: Lynn S. Paine and Michael Santoro

Describes the purpose and nature of industry self-regulation and outlines the factors self-regulatory groups must consider to avoid infringing U.S. antitrust laws. Several examples of industry self-regulation are discussed. View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Governance Compliance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Knowledge; Law

Educators

Purchase

1983
Book

The Effects of Banking Deregulation

By: D. B. Crane, Ralph C. Kimball and William C. Gregor

Keywords: Banks and Banking; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms

2006
Chapter

Corruption and the Demand for Regulating Capitalists

By: Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch

Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Economic Systems

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21 Dec 2009
Research & Ideas

Good Banks, Bad Banks, and Government’s Role as Fixer

Most books about the nation's financial crisis tell us what happened. In his new book, HBS senior lecturer Robert Pozen tells us how to fix the system. A financial industry veteran and chairman of MFS Investment Management, a Boston firm that oversees more than $170... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Banking; Financial Services

August 2006
Article

Information Regulation: Do the Victims of Externalities Pay Attention?

By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Miki Mitsunari

Keywords: Information; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms

23 Jul 2008
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Balanced Scorecard in Action

Scorecard approach to help boards work smarter, not harder. Key concepts include: Reforms such as Sarbanes-Oxley have increased the amount of work that boards need to do. A Balanced Scorecard approach can help boards use their limited... View Details

30 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Vanguard, Trian And The Problem With 'Passive' Index Funds

unsatisfactory history of capital allocations, acquisitions, and divestitures. But Trian’s $1.8 billion stake in DuPont was worth only 2.7 percent, making it easy for the management team to reject reform proposals. So Trian, recognizing... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

10 Mar 2008
Research & Ideas

Encouraging Entrepreneurs: Lessons for Government Policy

paper, "Cost of External Finance and Selection into Entrepreneurship," Nanda looks at how entrepreneurial activity is affected across various groups of individuals when a tax reform increases the cost of financing a business.... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

01 Oct 2015
Working Paper Summaries

Efficiencies and Regulatory Shortcuts: How Should We Regulate Companies like Airbnb and Uber?

Keywords: by Benjamin Edelman & Damien Geradin; Web Services

2021
Article

Everyday Illiberalism: How Hungarian Subnational Politics Propel Single-Party Dominance

By: Laura Jakli and Matthew Stenberg

While numerous studies consider the roles that media consolidation, court-packing, and economic crises have played in Hungary's democratic decline since 2010, none have considered the subnational mechanisms driving illiberalism. This study examines the types of... View Details

Keywords: Democracy; Government and Politics; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Hungary

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July 2019
Article

Using Behavioral Science to Inform the Design of Sugary Drink Portion Limit Policies: Reply to Wilson and Stolarz-Fantino (2018)

By: Leslie John, Grant E. Donnelly and Christina A. Roberto

In their commentary, Wilson & Stolarz-Fantino argue that specific design features of our research mean that it cannot have policy implications and that researchers “need to consider profit maximization in menu design or studies are likely to suggest ill-informed... View Details

Keywords: Policy Implementation; Food; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy

2009
Book

New Perspectives on Regulation

By: David Moss and John Cisternino

Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Perspective

August 13, 2001
Article

New Purchase, Goodwill, and Intangible Asset Rules Explained

By: David F. Hawkins

Keywords: Assets; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Finance