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Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership

corporations to open their books for government inspection Influence: High 10 1910 19 Breakup of Standard Oil and American Tobacco Clayton Antitrust Act Federal Reserve Act First Federal-Aid Highway Act View Details

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Value-Based Health Care - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

National Alliance for Health Information Technology and was appointed by President George W. Bush as Chair of the Federal Commission on Systemic Interoperability. The Value Institute for Health and Care is... View Details

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Lehman Brothers Timeline | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Exchange. 1887 Lehman Brothers becomes a member of the New York Stock Exchange. 1899 Lehman Brothers takes on investment banking activities, issuing its first public offering for the International Steam Pump Company. 1901–1925 Philip Lehman serves as head of Lehman... View Details

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Half the Firms, Double the Profits: Public Firms' Transformation, 1996–2022

By: Mark J. Roe and Charles C.Y. Wang

The number of public firms in the United States has halved since the beginning of the twenty-first century, causing consternation among corporate and securities law regulators. The dominant explanations, often advanced by Securities and Exchange commissioners when... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Law; Securities Regulation; Sarbanes-Oxley Act; Concentration Levels; Antitrust; Initial Public Offering; Public Ownership; Private Equity; Venture Capital; Mergers and Acquisitions; Monopoly; United States

01 Apr 2024
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Navigating the Mood of Customers Weary of Price Hikes

consumers can more flexibly adjust habits. More sophisticated firms take this into account when formulating their strategies and making long-run forecasts. Attention of regulators. The Federal Trade View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Retail; Consumer Products

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Entrepreneurial Management - Faculty & Research

pass-through persisted through 2021, even after the introduction of COVID-19 vaccines. Our findings suggest that federal subsidies and pandemic-induced reductions in spending opportunities explain the limited impact. June 2025 Case... View Details

21 Apr 2023
Research & Ideas

The $15 Billion Question: Have Loot Boxes Turned Video Gaming into Gambling?

Camp. That same year, the US Federal Trade Commission said it would investigate loot boxes, which critics liken to a slot machine or a scratch ticket that's more accessible to children. The video game... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis; Video Game; Media & Broadcasting

29 Nov 2022
Research & Ideas

Is There a Method to Musk’s Madness on Twitter?

lost critical people in the background who make this whole thing work. Gazette: Twitter has been under a consent decree for over a decade over data privacy and security violations. Back in May, the company had to pay the Department of Justice and View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Technology

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The 20th Century Zeitgeist - Leadership

Act Federal Trade Commission established Personal income tax reinstituted Influence: Low 20 1920 s 19 U.S. Steel and Alcoa withstand antitrust accusations Personal and corporate tax rates cut Airmail service... View Details

07 Jul 2008
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Innovation Corrupted: How Managers Can Avoid Another Enron

building on intense lobbying to encourage further domestic deregulation and limit federal oversight of the energy industry, Skilling encouraged Enron executives to exploit to the hilt recent Securities and Exchange View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Energy; Utilities

18 Jun 2020
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What Is an "Essential" Purchase for a Low-Income Family?

instance, genuine debates are already underway in the wake of COVID-19. One example that's emerged in the pandemic is internet accessibility, a debate already well-publicized at Federal Communications View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

27 Jan 2023
Op-Ed

Have We Lost Sight of Integrity?

investigators cited MCAS as the cause. Still, Boeing did not ground the 737 MAX, forcing the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to do so. FAA took 20 months and numerous changes before the 737 MAX was approved for flights again. In... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

23 Apr 2024
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Getting to Net Zero: The Climate Standards and Ecosystem the World Needs Now

With each month clocking record-breaking temperatures across the planet, this Earth Day reflected the renewed urgency of regulators and businesses to find climate-change solutions. The US Securities and Exchange Commission recently adopted new rules that will mandate... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

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Finance - Faculty & Research

limited: each dollar of revenue loss resulted in only a 1.6-cent decline in consumption. This muted pass-through persisted through 2021, even after the introduction of COVID-19 vaccines. Our findings suggest that federal subsidies and... View Details

27 Apr 2016
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How the FBI Reinvented Itself After 9/11

It is hard to imagine a more difficult and tragic trial by fire for a new leader. On September 4, 2001, Robert Mueller started his new job as the sixth director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. A mere week later, on September 11,... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Aldrich Hall | About

1879 to 1881, then in the US Senate from 1881 to 1911. Aldrich, a notable financier and leader of the Republican Party, was chairman of the National Monetary Commission and the Federal Reserve. A driving... View Details

01 Jun 2024
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Quantum Leap

than a kid in a candy store. A lifelong techie, Levy learned to read by deciphering The Boys’ First Book of Radio and Electronics, a 1954 classic that gave step-by-step instructions for building a radio... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Chris Sorensen; quantum computing; innovation; leadership; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

17 Jan 2018
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If the CEO’s High Salary Isn't Justified to Employees, Firm Performance May Suffer

the issue because the US Securities and Exchange Commission in September 2017 adopted a rule stemming from the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The rule mandates that companies disclose the ratio of the CEO’s... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Charts & Statistics - Leadership

Breakup of Standard Oil and American Tobacco Clayton Antitrust Act Federal Reserve Act First Federal-Aid Highway Act Federal Trade Commission established Personal income tax... View Details

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Student Research - Doctoral

American Economic Review: Insights Is There Too Little Antitrust Enforcement in the U.S. Hospital Sector? By: Zarek Brot-Goldberg, Zack Cooper, Stuart Craig and Lev Klarnet From 2002 to 2020, there were over 1,000 mergers of U.S. hospitals. During this period, the... View Details

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