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- 05 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 5, 2017
boycott as well as a shareholder proposal to change its policies on political contributions. The case covers current campaign finance regulations as they relate to business as well as Target's lobbying activities regarding online sales... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Aug 2017
- Research & Ideas
Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?
Source: Cecilie_Arcurs George Serafeim has a startling suggestion to fix the world’s biggest environmental, social, and governance (ESG) problems such as water pollution, deforestation, and wealth inequality: encourage companies within industries to do less competing... 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
- Fast Answer
Biotech, Medical devices, and Pharmaceuticals: regulatory information
quick search result. you may modify the search terms or use the filters under "Refine my results" to obtain different results. Medical Devices Medical Devices Law and Regulation Answer Book FDA: Medical Devices portal ... View Details
- 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
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
An Action Plan for Economic Recovery
If so, who should that be? The Treasury has proposed that systemic risks be monitored by a newly formed Financial Services Oversight Council, with the Fed becoming the primary regulator of all institutions posing such risks. I disagree... View Details
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Bibliography - Option Pricing in Theory & Practice: The Nobel Prize Research of Robert C. Merton - Exhibits - Historical Collections
Stockholm: Nobel Foundation, 1998. Merton, Robert C. "An Asymptomatic Theory of Growth Under Uncertainty." Review of Economic Studies 42 (July 1975). ** Merton, Robert C. "Capital Requirements in the Regulation of Financial... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
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While Enron made the headlines, Mills says, these other actors were culpable as well. The title of Mills' book derives from a comment made by former SEC chairman Arthur Levitt regarding the actions of teenager Jonathan Lebed who broke federal View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Examining Climate Change From a Business Perspective
They also discuss government regulation and the societal responsibility of business leaders versus their obligation to shareholders. “Climate Change: Paris, and the Road Ahead” is one of several new cases introduced in the MBA Program to... View Details
- 01 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 1
building an organization. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/496023-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 114-051 Tapestry Networks Tapestry Networks assembled industry leaders and their regulators in small, private meetings to... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 05 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
Fixing the ‘I Hate Work’ Blues
under intense operational pressure is nearly impossible. In addition, the heavy burden of compliance with government regulations and internal corporate requirements is taking a toll on people, limiting their creativity, and causing them... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 17 Jun 2016
- Op-Ed
Companies Need to Start Marketing Security to Customers
children. Volvo's latest goal is that no one should die in a Volvo car after 2020. Most firms just quietly test their products and services, receiving the blessing of Underwriters Laboratories, the Consumer Product Safety Commission, or the local fire department.... View Details
- 10 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Counting Up the Effects of Sarbanes-Oxley
smaller companies; and that concerns about risk-taking and investment haven't come to bear. One of the big takeaways from this paper is how difficult it is to measure costs and benefits of regulation in a systematic way." Costs And... View Details
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pedals) and are regulated by the Registrar of Motor Vehicles. To operate a motorized bicycle or moped, individuals must hold a valid learner’s permit or driver’s license. Motorized Bicycles: May only be driven on vehicular campus... View Details
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Policymakers - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Employers Suppliers Policymakers Policymakers Policymakers Policymakers play a key role in the transition to a value-based health care delivery system. Many older laws and regulations that attempted to prevent fraud and abuse in the... View Details
- 29 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why Uber Is Worth Saving and How To Do It
from ordinances regulating limos and taxis. The company even allegedly built a digital tool that would alert staff when code enforcers were on the way.) Kanter says the same disrespect shown for authorities on the outside seemed to seep... View Details
- 20 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
The U.S. Patent Game: How to Change It
government programs. [Editor's note: In a nutshell, regulatory capture refers to the tendency of regulators to favor, in effect, the interest of the industry they are supposed to be regulating rather than... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
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Real estate: emerging markets
financial market stability and sustained market access by emerging market borrowers. Regulations Doing Business Data and analysis that measures the business environment of more than 180 countries and selected cities around the globe.... View Details
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Fanele Mashwama
in similar questions. “There are several people in the program who think about the questions that matter to me, such as how to ethically regulate financial markets with a look to real outcomes,” Fanele says. However, it’s just as... View Details