Reform - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2006
News

Faculty Books

firm. China and Globalization The Social, Economic, and Political Transformation of Chinese Society by Douglas Guthrie (Routledge) This book is about the economic reforms sweeping across China over the last 25 years. Visiting Professor... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

Sep 2016
Survey

Problems Unsolved & A Nation Divided

calls for a national economic strategy for America and proposes federal policy priorities that can form the core of such a strategy. Further, the report highlights corporate and personal tax reform as a promising first step in the... View Details

Portrait Project

Wei Su

I came to North America, I became a die-hard Chinese. I still subscribe to the five-thousand years old Chinese tenet for women - "helping husbands, educating kids." I believe leadership and accomplishment start at home. I want to become a writer - to write... View Details

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

24 Feb 2014
News

A Capital Idea for Small Business

careers. Now the two have joined together as founding partners in the launch of iCrowd LLC, an online crowd-funding website. "iCrowd will assist small businesses by allowing them to capitalize on the securities reforms found in the JOBS... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; crowd-funding; online communities; Finance; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

03 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Lehman Brothers Plus Five: Have We Learned from Our Mistakes?

Lehman failure. None of these reforms is perfect, but they are improvements over where we were five years ago. Unfortunately, there are other areas in which we've made little or no progress since 2008. Housing finance is still basically a... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Banking; Financial Services; Construction; Real Estate

01 Apr 2002
News

Emerging Research on Emerging Markets

emerging economies. Huang's observations came on the first day of the seminar, which centered on the architecture of financial systems. Enrico Perotti of the University of Amsterdam discussed a related topic - how to build confidence in emerging stock markets. "Markets... View Details

Keywords: Yasheng Huang; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Dec 2006
News

Fall Reunions

of classes commemorating their 60th Reunion and beyond. By day, attendees got a chance to reexperience the classroom. The academic program on Friday offered more than two dozen faculty presentations, covering topics ranging from health-care View Details

Keywords: reunion; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

04 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Five Questions for Max Bazerman

branch dominates? Does this structure preclude us from ever seeing the kind of reform you advocate? A: We strongly believe in the importance of the checks and balances, particularly as a means of curbing corruption. But inefficiencies are... View Details

Keywords: Re: Max H. Bazerman

01 Mar 2004
News

David Horgan: Iraqi Briefing, 21st November, 2003

being purged. Without them, there would be no progress. Most set aside nationalist objections, for now, to rebuild their country. But repairing war damage is all a weakened technical class can achieve. Progress requires investment, which requires security. Instead,... View Details

Keywords: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

12 PM – 1 PM EST, 06 Nov 2018
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China in the Age of Xi Jinping: Domestic Changes and Global Ambitions

China's outward push will remake the global economic and political environment, and business leaders need an understanding of China's leadership to navigate this new world. Join Associate Professor Rithmire to discuss the evolution of the business landscape in China. View Details

Feb 2013
Survey

Competitiveness at a Crossroads

business leaders and policymakers can take to improve U.S. competitiveness. For example, across the political spectrum, business leaders and the general public strongly called on the President and Congress to put the federal budget on a sustainable path, View Details

14 Sep 2010
First Look

First Look: September 14, 2010

productivity effects of organizational practices remains a challenge for future research. Does Intellectual Property Rights Reform Spur Industrial Development? Authors:Lee Branstetter, Ray Fisman, C. Fritz Foley, and Kamal Saggi... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Making the Most of Government Upheaval

Beginning with Chile more than twenty years ago, Latin America has experienced a wrenching yet exciting transformation of its predominantly inward-looking, state-driven economies to a robust acceptance and practice of open-market principles. Structural View Details

Keywords: by Nancy O. Perry

01 Jun 2010
News

Rethinking the MBA

David Garvin and research associate Patrick Cullen. The title isn’t just a rhetorical flourish. Deans and executives alike take issue with what and how students are taught, revealing a number of shortcomings that the authors argue point the way to a View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

08 Apr 2009
Research & Ideas

Clayton Christensen on Disrupting Health Care

supports preventive care. Q: So a system where health providers offer comprehensive care for a fixed fee is the disruptive innovation that will bring down costs? A: It's a key component, but one reason why health-care reform is such a... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Health

01 Dec 2010
News

New Orleans Resonance

annual improvements of between 11 and 39 percent, earning the school widespread acclaim. London’s Sunday Telegraph (September 12, 2010) declared NOCP “part of the boldest experiment in education reform seen in the United States, and one... View Details

Keywords: charter schools

28 Sep 2009
Research & Ideas

Improving Accountability at the World Bank

supporters note a number of reforms over the past two decades, including a current review of the Bank's information disclosure policy, and a series of "safeguards" on sensitive issues such as environmental impacts and effects on... View Details

Keywords: by Alnoor Ebrahim

01 Mar 2003
News

Restoring Order

called “the most far-reaching reforms of American business since Franklin Roosevelt was president” (Associated Press, December 10, 2002), Bush also announced that he favored nearly doubling the SEC’s budget for 2004. Donaldson, who along... View Details

Keywords: Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Finance