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  • 02 Jan 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Gurus in the Garage

the individual but eventually brought ruin to all. The culture of Silicon Valley turns that system on its head. The bank of expertise in Silicon Valley represents a triumph of the commons: resources are extracted and replenished in a View Details
Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap
  • 25 Sep 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Why Politics is Failing America, and What Business Can Do To Help

According to a new Harvard Business School report from Michael E. Porter, the Bishop William Lawrence University Professor, and co-author Katherine Gehl, a former CEO and political activist, Washington’s proverbial “swamp” isn’t a set of disjointed public institutions.... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
  • 19 Jul 2016
  • First Look

July 19, 2016

standards. We extend the literature on private politics and organizational self-regulation by identifying several conditions under which codes and monitoring are more likely to be associated with improvements in supply chain working... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Aug 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?

large at certain points in time. Commitment mechanisms are needed, and investors can be one of those commitment mechanisms. Professor Michael Toffel has done important work on self-regulation and its effectiveness. Silverthorne: If... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services; Manufacturing; Agriculture & Agribusiness; Mining
  • 15 Mar 2016
  • First Look

March 15, 2016

transparency and weak governance in resource rich countries. However, we document that industry self-regulation has generated information to substitute for the gap in voluntary company disclosure. We also find some evidence that these... View Details
  • 19 May 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Why Companies Should Compete for Your Privacy

Facebook's recent acquisition of WhatsApp, a service committed never to disclose consumer information, with substantial skepticism. In addition, industry initiatives to self-regulate disclosure practices have largely failed. The "Do not... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Consumer Products
  • 29 Mar 2016
  • First Look

March 29, 2016

Entrepreneurial Manager.” Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/816065-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 315-074 Note: Industry Self-Regulation: Sustaining the Commons in the 21st Century? Industry View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Nov 2012
  • First Look

First Look: November 20

anti-regulation movement that started in the 1970s, voluntary self-regulation programs have emerged in many regulatory agencies, seeking to increase cooperation between government and industry to achieve greater and more cost-effective... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Apr 2000
  • News

Getting the Message

advertising industry. Many questions were raised recently, for instance, when DoubleClick purchased Abacus, a mailing list data company, and consumers began to feel an Orwellian dis-ease. Self-regulation within the industry seems to be... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young