Regulated - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2024
News

The Road Less Traveled

Most cars in the United States weigh more than 4,000 pounds, and new models are trending larger, even in countries where people drive less. And the larger the vehicle, the more fuel required to power it, which means more greenhouse-gas emissions that contribute to... View Details

Keywords: Janine White; illustrations by WACSO; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation

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FAQs | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

in LRAP? There are varying regulations across departments and units regarding employees receiving outside funds. Graduates are required to verify their own eligibility with their local personnel administrator and include this verification... View Details

01 Jun 2023
News

Batteries Included

modern container shipping, the ship is really a relatively small part of costs,” observes McCown. “Everything ship-related might only be 30 percent of the carrier’s total cost. The biggest cost is fuel.” Both economics and environmental View Details

Keywords: Catherine O’Neill Grace; Water Transportation; Transportation

01 Feb 1999
News

Short Takes

operator adjusts the oven because it "doesn't sound right" and prevents a disaster. A steel alloy salesperson who has kept his eye on emissions regulations knows what "the next big thing" in furnace manufacturing will be long before it... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

21 Jul 2009
First Look

First Look: July 21

ratings play an important role in the financial system, but investors and regulators who use ratings cannot easily verify their quality, and ratings are paid for by the firms whose bonds are rated. The provision of quality ratings is at... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

06 Nov 2007
First Look

First Look: November 6, 2007

regulate one's mood in line with the social context, on congruity. Two experiments find that when low self-monitors imagine a context that differs in valence from their mood, they feel more distinctive from the environment while high... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2009
News

Hope for Reform Dims

THAIN: Regulations failed to keep up with innovations in financial markets. A year after the federal government rushed to rescue Wall Street from its own nearly fatal excesses, former Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain (MBA ’79) worries “that... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

05 Jun 2019
Research & Ideas

If Your Customers Don't Care What You Charge, What Should You Charge?

which determines “horizontal market power,” and consumer inertia, which generates “dynamic market power,” creates a clearer picture of market power dynamics within a given market. This can inform companies in their use of price to attract customers, as well as assist... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Energy

02 Nov 2009
Research & Ideas

Shareholders Need a Say on Pay

Ferri, on leave as a visiting assistant professor of accounting at NYU's Stern School of Business, sees a number of avenues for future research on executive compensation, including its influence on risk-taking and the effects of View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services

07 Aug 2009
What Do You Think?

Why Can’t Americans Get Health Care Right?

achieved is in question. Where, for example, should fiat or regulation ("push"), incentives or subsidies ("pull"), or the provision of new information, education, or even competitive alternatives be employed? Given the... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Health

01 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

Does Market Capitalism Have a Future?

We showed it to important business leaders—some HBS alumni, some not—from around the world and asked them for their views on potential problem areas and what role HBS might play in addressing them. The fact is that in many parts of the world, firms are not privately... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

06 Dec 2004
What Do You Think?

Why Do Managers Fail to Act on Their Predictions?

consider future implications for their companies...and then decide what action to take." Muller suggests, alternatively, that "traded companies be required—by regulating authorities—to include in their...financial report... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

04 Oct 2004
What Do You Think?

Does Speed Trump Intellectual Property?

placing too much emphasis on patent protection? Are government regulations protecting intellectual property applied far too broadly these days? Should they be limited to certain industries, products, or processes where they can be judged... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

16 Jul 2024
Blog Post

Advancing Health Equity: Social Enterprise Summer Fellow Simona Stancov (MBA 2025)

allowed me to appreciate that organizations’ choices across these business domains do not exist in a vacuum. Health facilities are shaped by the systems to which they belong. These systems, in turn, are regulated and funded by... View Details

Fast Answer

Historical Research - India

Subjects covered include trade regulations on Indian imports and exports, specifically the textile, dyeing and cotton industries; the introduction of steam navigation, including the Calcutta railroad system and the East India Railway... View Details

01 Sep 2014
News

Ask the Expert: Byte-Testing Bitcoin

appeal of anonymity seems inherently flawed for storing large values in an age when the threat of identity theft through electronic eavesdropping and in-person, gun-to-the-head demands for access and asset transfers are a growing menace. Will anonymity be relinquished... View Details

Keywords: alumni; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information

19 Jun 2014
News

Turning "Black Gold" to Green

the game—and some minds—when it comes to fossil fuels and the future. "We can create an industry and put some new options on the table," he says. "My hope is that we can build some extremely profitable carbon-management EOR projects and make it clear to industry, the... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining

15 Jun 2021
News

The Path out of Polarization

changing media landscape is going to be resolved in the United States, and I think the interest in trying to regulate the big social media companies is all related to this part: We don’t know exactly how to think of them. It also used to... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Telecommunications; Information

07 Jul 2015
First Look

First Look: July 7, 2015

biosimilars (BS), which are essentially "me-too" products. There appear to be sound reasons to explore this related diversification: innovation is getting harder, regulators are intent on encouraging BS, and Amgen needs renewed... View Details