Regulatory Environment - Publications - Faculty & Research

04 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 4

to geographically limit the reach of the U.S. antifraud regime. The Court thus excluded the overwhelming majority of investors in U.S.-listed foreign firms from the protection of the U.S. civil liability regime and cast at least partial limitations on the SEC's View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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Business History - Faculty & Research

simplistic assumptions about business behavior also enabled business history to be highly creative and, at times, to exercise a huge impact on management studies more generally, especially strategy and the study of entrepreneurship. Article Making 'Green Giants': View Details

09 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

Industry Self-Regulation: What’s Working (and What’s Not)?

efforts must first lead to corporate social performance, which in turn then leads to superior financial returns. For example, firms that have better environmental management practices ought to have better environmental performance in terms of fewer spills, View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research

financial performance of corporations, the design of incentive and control systems to guide strategy execution, corporate reporting, and the role of investors in this new paradigm. Initiatives & Projects The Social Enterprise Initiative , Business & View Details

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Human Behavior & Decision-Making - Faculty & Research

even successful people fail to notice the absence of critical and readily available information in their environment due to the human tendency to focus on a limited set of information. This work is still in its formative stages, and I... View Details

30 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Amager Bakke: A Look into the Future of Waste Incineration

essays posted on the HBS Business and Environment Initiative’s Blog that highlights their reflections. Learn more about this IFC course on Decarbonization and Sustainable Production by watching this five minute video summary. Visit Date:... View Details

December 2010 (Revised March 2013)
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Asian Agri and the Future of Palm Oil

By: David E. Bell and Natalie Kindred

For Asian Agri and other Indonesian palm oil producers, the future promised rising demand from fast-growing Asian populations, but also intensifying criticism from environmental groups. With the highest yield and lowest production cost of any edible oil, palm oil... View Details

Keywords: Plant-Based Agribusiness; Social Marketing; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business Strategy; Supply Chain Management; Natural Environment; Marketing Strategy; Environmental Sustainability; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Indonesia; Malaysia

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04 Oct 2011
First Look

First Look: October 4

organizational processes among corporations and nonprofits. Read the paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/cmarquis/GolfingAlone_FINAL.pdf Regulatory Uncertainty and Corporate Response: How China's Environmental Enforcement Is Catching Up to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Mar 2012
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01 Sep 2023
News

Startup Success Beyond Silicon Valley

Professor Paul Gompers visited Endeavor Saudi Arabia, a nonprofit that promotes startups in emerging markets. Pictured are Alpana Thapar and Fares Khrais (both of the Middle East and North Africa Research Center), Gompers, Lateefa Alwaalan (Endeavor Saudi Arabia), and... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Mele

27 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 27, 2009

external watchdogs—security analysts, credit-rating agencies, and regulatory agencies—fail to bark? What actions can prevent Enron-type breakdowns in the future? Innovation Corrupted addresses each of these questions. A Sense of Urgency... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

21 May 2021
Blog Post

Alumni Spotlight: Cissy Chen (MBA 2019)

more tech companies getting into this sector using AI/ML to extract ESG data as well as mandatory reporting requirements from Asian regulatory bodies in Hong Kong and Japan. How do you plan on continuing to leverage the HBS network going... View Details

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State Activism and the Hidden Incentives Behind Bank Acquisitions

By: Christopher Marquis, Doug Guthrie and Juan Almandoz

A number of studies have shown that, as a result of the ambiguity of U.S. legal mandates, organizations have considerable latitude in how they comply with regulations. In this paper, we address how the different agendas of the federal and state governments increase... View Details

Keywords: Organizations; Opportunities; Government Legislation; Acquisition; Forecasting and Prediction; Banks and Banking; Motivation and Incentives; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Management Practices and Processes; Research; United States

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16 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive

does reopening look like and can we afford it? Throughout the crisis, restaurants and regulatory authorities have discussed game plans for reopening. Prominent features of these plans include reconfiguring floor plans to enable physical... View Details

Keywords: by Michael S. Kaufman, Lena G. Goldberg, and Jill Avery; Food & Beverage

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2018 Financial Risk and Regulation Survey - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

email to the hundreds of participants of the conference to gather their views on current sources of risk to the financial system, as well as on recent and potential regulatory changes. Download Survey Questions The survey was completed by... View Details

15 Nov 2011
Working Paper Summaries

Engaging Supply Chains in Climate Change

Keywords: by Chonnikarn Fern Jira & Michael W. Toffel

22 Nov 2011
Working Paper Summaries

Carbon Tariffs: Impacts on Technology Choice, Regional Competitiveness, and Global Emissions

Keywords: by David F. Drake; Manufacturing

12 Nov 2021
News

Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

critical role in global society. In the lead-up to COP26, the Business & Environment Initiative asked HBS alumni business leaders from a wide range of sectors and disciplines what they see as the role of business and business leaders in... View Details

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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

Advertising Bureau, where he continues to champion innovation in online advertising. Bonnie had guided the successful marriage of CNET Networks' authoritative, award-winning content with the power of technology, evolving the company's leading media brands into vibrant... View Details

15 Mar 2017
Lessons from the Classroom

More Than 900 Examples of How Climate Change Affects Business

This word cloud is composed of blog posts by more than 900 students describing how individual organizations are likely to be affected by climate change. Image by Patrick Clapp Last fall, first-year MBA students at Harvard Business School received a new assignment in... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Green Technology

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