Industry Regulation - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

Business Research that Makes for Smarter Public Policy

Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), to participate in a workshop with academics who study government regulation and industry compliance. The event featured a series of presentations by scholars sharing... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Apr 1996
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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

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BiGS Fellows | Institute for Business in Global Society

for New Economic Thinking (INET) The financial economics of sustainability and climate change As business strives to reduce carbon emissions and transition to clean energy, Gasparini plans to study the financial economics of climate change, focusing on the role of... View Details

13 Oct 2010
Research & Ideas

How Government can Discourage Private Sector Reliance on Short-Term Debt

sector's tilt toward short-term financing was merely the industry responding to a lack of available government debt instruments, such as short-term risk-free Treasuries, that were much in demand by investors during the global savings... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Financial Services

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Managing and Innovating in Financial Services - Course Catalog

and help firms and households save and manage risk. These financial services are provided in an array of organizations and structures – from fintech startups to private credit funds to multi-trillion-dollar global banks and large insurance companies – in an View Details

08 Apr 2011
Research & Ideas

Will the Japan Disaster Remake the Landscape for Green Energy in Asia?

happening in Asia in clean energy is going to be of vital interest to the energy industry at large," Nanda said. This particular "green race" began as a sprint, an urgent need to bring Asian nations—especially China—into... View Details

Keywords: by Dennis Fisher; Energy; Utilities

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

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

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Analyst Rules Mean More Disclosure, But Less Information | Working Knowledge

in assets as of December. While the industry has been consolidating, analysts in China play a key role in disseminating information about publicly traded companies, the number of which has more than doubled during the past decade. Zou... View Details

17 Nov 2015
News

Carbon Neutral

Eacho, left, and Minnick (Getty Images) Congress is at a standstill over carbon. One side wants to regulate emissions as a pollutant; the other fears that any move to regulate oil and gas will impede growth... View Details

Keywords: Michael Blanding

10 Oct 2007
First Look

First Look: First Look: October 10

spending associated with the redemption of such a coupon is focused on "marginal" grocery items, or grocery items that a customer does not typically buy. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-024.pdf The Causes and Consequences of View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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FAQs | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

in LRAP? There are varying regulations across departments and units regarding employees receiving outside funds. Graduates are required to verify their own eligibility with their local personnel administrator and include this verification... View Details

22 Apr 2015
Op-Ed

Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths

past few years (yes there are some). It is true that Greece reformed laws and regulations to make its economy more open to foreign trade and as a result more competitive. Trade (defined as the sum of exports and imports) to GDP ratio... View Details

Keywords: by George Serafeim

21 Jul 2009
First Look

First Look: July 21

for making CBA more effective, rather than eliminating CBA as a decision-making tool. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-001.pdf Reputation and Competition: Evidence from the Credit Rating Industry (revised) Authors:Bo... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

06 Nov 2007
First Look

First Look: November 6, 2007

people but are often blind to the need for radical change. Outsiders see the need for a new approach but can't make the necessary changes because they don't know the organization or industry sector well enough. What companies must do,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Banking; Financial Services

05 Dec 2023
Blog Post

Taking Learning Beyond the Classroom

stakeholders and discussed the potential role of policy regulations and incentives in helping companies reach net zero goals. The next day, students were invited to a question-and-answer session with Heather Henriksen, Harvard... 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

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Finance

04 Feb 2021
Research & Ideas

Inside CEOs' Pandemic Worries: Uncertainty, Employees, and Kids

and Australia; and industries include automotive, hospitality, real estate, manufacturing, and finance. Their biggest concerns fell into five categories: Cash flow and liquidity. “Payments [were] not coming in, but we had to make our... View Details

Keywords: by Gamze D. Yucaoglu, Robin Abrahams, and Boris Groysberg

29 May 2012
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First Look: May 29

2012) Abstract Controversy surrounds occupational health and safety regulators, with some observers claiming that workplace regulations damage firms' competitiveness and destroy jobs, and others arguing that they make workplaces safer at... View Details