Regulated - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2008
News

No Easy Fix for the Financial Crisis

apart, put in little subsets, and sold as a whole variety of different securities. And no one knew what they had. At that point government had stepped aside, had genuflected at the altar of the market as it relates to our housing financing system,” said Retsinas,... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson;Martha Lagace; deregulation; moral hazard; the middle class; Finance

19 Sep 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 19

Capital Regulation By: Greenwood, Robin, Samuel Gregory Hanson, Jeremy C. Stein, and Adi Sunderam Abstract—We propose three core principles that should inform the design of bank capital regulation. First, wherever possible, multiple... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2011
News

Decision Points

have done things better,” as he spoke about many aspects and issues of his presidency (USA Today, November 9, 2010). Regarding the financial crisis, Bush said that Congress ignored his administration’s urgings to regulate Fannie Mae and... View Details

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

01 Jun 2009
News

IXP 2009

Divided? The Economic Geography of Business (David Collis) China: Understanding a Business Environment (Regina Abrami) Israel: The Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital “Miracle” (Dan Isenberg) Boston: Healthcare: Science, Delivery, and View Details

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

30 Jul 2010
News

Notes from a Hammock

regulators but by an unheralded journalist at Fortune. But that was a rare and exceptional case; there are some good and knowledgeable financial journalists (including several HBS alumni) but not enough. In addition, the cash-strapped... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

09 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

The UK Needs a Bold Strategy Around Competition to Survive Brexit

EU regulations were in step with sound international practice. Remainers, on the other hand, have spent little time explaining what the UK can do better within the European Union to address the very real competitiveness challenges Great... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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William Donaldson | Baker Library

Exchange, and later helped overturn regulations so DLJ could be the first investment bank to go public on the NYSE. He went on to cofound Yale’s School of Management and to head the NYSE. Among other leadership roles in business,... View Details

01 Jun 2010
News

Faculty Books

emerging markets’ potential and crafting strategies for succeeding in those markets. Government and Markets: Toward a New Theory of Regulation edited by Edward J. Balleisen and David A. Moss (Cambridge University Press) A field long... View Details

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

23 Nov 1999
Research & Ideas

Bringing the Environment Down to Earth

groups are the company's adversaries. At times, that view is justified; some regulators and advocates are indeed hostile to business. But government and nonprofit organizations will always play a role in environmental management – the... View Details

Keywords: by Forest Reinhardt

25 Feb 2002
Research & Ideas

MNCs in Asia: Investing in the Future

in California, too. From our perspective as an investor, capital flows will follow structural reform." How much of a deterrent are shape-shifting regulations to MNCs who want to invest in Asia, wondered HBS assistant professor Mihir... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

02 Jan 2019
What Do You Think?

SUMMING UP: Do We Need an Artificial Intelligence Czar?

"actively trained and encouraged and supported for being human.” A clean start or one built on one or more existing initiatives? Government regulation or industry self-regulation? A government agency led by a czar or some kind of... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology

02 Oct 2008
What Do You Think?

Workout vs. Bailout: Should Government Take Advantage of the Buffett Effect?

party." This sparked a side discussion about regulation. As Wilson Kimutai put it, "If we bring in Government to bail out, more regulation should be brought to stabilize the market." David Moore echoed this thought and went further,... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

March 2025 (Revised June 2025)
Background Note

Getting to Net Zero: The Role of the Financial Sector

By: Shawn Cole, Jonah Zahnd, Karina Chung and Jack Cenovic

In early 2025, momentum towards the goal of reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2050 continued in many parts of the world, even as it appeared to face a set-back following the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States. Financial institutions... View Details

Keywords: Transition; Climate Change; Environmental Regulation; Environmental Law; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Risk and Uncertainty; Competitive Advantage; Financial Services Industry

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9 May 2011 - 11 May 2011
Conference Presentation

How Firms Respond to Mandatory Information Disclosure

By: Anil Doshi, Michael Toffel and Glen W. S. Dowell

When new institutional pressures arise, which organizations are particularly likely to resist or acquiesce? When subjected to new information disclosure mandates, an increasingly popular form of market-based government regulation, which types of organizations are... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Disclosure; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Environmental Regulation; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Organizational Change and Adaptation

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12 Oct 2006
First Look

First Look: October 12, 2006

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-021.pdf Coerced Confessions: Self-Policing in the Shadow of the Regulator Authors:Jodi L. Short and Michael W. Toffel Abstract As part of a recent trend toward more cooperative relations between View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Sustainability in Energy Industry

financial regulators This report identifies so many important recommendations to address the systemic risk that the climate crisis presents. Global Energy Review 2020 The impacts of the Covid-19 crisis on global energy demand and CO2... View Details

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Protecting Data at HBS | Information Technology

could be seen as negligence in the eyes of not only our customers, but in the view of numerous regulations and laws. Harvard's Classification follow this progression: DSL 1: Publicly available and unrestricted data. Non-sensitive... View Details

01 Mar 2013
News

2nd HBS Survey on US Competitiveness

accessible energy supplies and a more level playing field in the international trading system also garnered strong support across the political spectrum. Liberal business leaders tended to support greater infrastructure investment, however, while selective streamlining... View Details

12 Aug 2002
Research & Ideas

‘Let the Buyer Beware’ Doesn’t Protect Investors

going public, except in unusual circumstances. The prospectus is full of language originally intended to inform an investor, but which now protects the offerers. This is a well-known dynamic of regulation, in which those regulated adapt... View Details

Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills

07 Nov 2011
Research & Ideas

The Forgotten Book that Helped Shape the Modern Economy

regulation is appropriate in a given context rather than whether regulation itself is a moral good or evil.” Where the consensus today is that eighteenth-century economists believed that free trade would... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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