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10 Sep 2014
Research & Ideas

Become a Value Creator

follow from that." The Root Of All Scandals In 2008, greedy bankers became high-profile value claimers and nearly took the entire world into a depression, Hall says. They were slapped with tighter financial regulations as a result.... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

11 Jun 2012
Research & Ideas

When Business Competition Harms Society

competitive markets—and the importance of realizing when a policy is what creates intense market competition in the first place. "If regulators care about the efficacy of these policies, they should be oversampling their inspections... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Auto

15 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

Going Green Makes Good Business Sense

trade systems would help it adapt more easily to new regulations than its competitors. ("This looked like a better bet maybe five years ago when it made this call than it does today," he allowed.) One last possibility, and a... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

08 Jan 2001
Research & Ideas

Can Japan Compete? [Part Two]

themselves and new industries will grow. The number-one priority is to change the competition laws and the whole approach to regulating competition. Without competitive pressures, sick industries will never restructure. Until Japan stops... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer

22 Apr 2020
Research Event

How Investors Are Sizing Up Climate Change’s Risks—and Opportunities

also looking at the “transition risks” associated with shifting to a lower-carbon economy. New and more stringent regulations and practices will likely spur that transition, though it’s unclear how, when, and to what extent these changes... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Financial Services

08 Nov 2024
Op-Ed

How Private Investors Can Help Solve Africa's Climate Crisis

Center and a member of the executive committee of the Harvard University Center for African Studies. You Might Also Like: COP27: What Can Business Leaders Do to Fight Climate Change Now? The Climate Targets Leaders Need to Know as View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Green Technology; Energy

01 Jun 2018
News

June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

Phillips Sawyer Cambridge University Press This book explores the contested political and legal meanings of the term “fair trade” from the late 19th century through the New Deal era. This history of American capitalism argues that business associations partnered with... View Details

25 Sep 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 25, 2018

major acquisition program or reinvesting heavily in existing markets to enhance HCA's strong competitive position. These choices had to be made in the face of uncertainty about the future of healthcare regulation and tax policy following... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

14 Apr 2015
First Look

First Look: April 14

Hellenic Bottling Company) and the role of regulation in integrated reporting (Anglo-American). April 2015 American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings Real Effects of Relational Contracts By: Henderson, Rebecca, Steven Blader, Andrea... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Dec 2009
Research & Ideas

Government’s Positive Role in Kick-Starting Entrepreneurship

I am working on a variety of related questions. First, venture capital's "big brother"—private equity or buyout funds—are attracting increasing scrutiny as regulators seek to prevent another potential economic meltdown. We are... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

04 Nov 2008
First Look

First Look: November 4, 2008

certifiers opt for a quick turnaround time at the expense of a lower accuracy. Finally, we investigate the opportunity of regulating transparency. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-062.pdf Cases & Course... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

26 May 2003
Research & Ideas

What Your Competition is Telling You

chairman at AT&T as it was being broken up. "In the regulated days, Bell system employees—myself included—genuinely believed they were doing the best they could and acting in the best interests of customers," he says.... View Details

Keywords: by David Stauffer

02 Sep 2002
Research & Ideas

The Role of Government When All Else Fails

regulating the stock market. Do you see these recent events as an extension of what you characterize as Phase III with its concern for the individual homeowner and consumer or the beginning of a Phase IV? A: In the wake of the recent... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Linard

12 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Facing the New World Order

competitiveness. We also include a number of special chapters focusing, among other things, on environmental regulations and competitiveness, a paper that was authored by Professor Porter and Professor Daniel Esty on innovation and also... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

24 Jul 2014
Op-Ed

Reform Tax Law to Keep US Firms at Home

foreign acquirers that demand the relocation of more activity abroad, including headquarters functions. Similarly, specific regulations targeted at inverted firms may also lead to foreign firms leading such transactions to avoid those... View Details

Keywords: by Mihir Desai; Pharmaceutical

06 Jan 2011
What Do You Think?

How Should Management Deal With “Anonymous”?

it "government must be able to monitor and regulate Internet activities that adversely affect people's safety and welfare." Few were convinced that technology itself would provide more than temporary defenses. The use of the... View Details

Keywords: by James L. Heskett

13 May 2008
First Look

First Look: May 13, 2008

search for solutions. BP successfully reduced its own carbon emissions, and championed cap-and-trade style regulation over taxation or command-and-control. Despite this progress, as the climate issue gains in political prominence and the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

06 Sep 2004
What Do You Think?

How Do We Prepare for a World Without Cheap Oil?

Summing Up Is the end of cheap oil a challenge to the world? Yes. Will it affect our standard of living adversely? Not likely. At least that is the verdict of most of the large number of respondents to this month's column who rely on assumed human ingenuity combined... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

15 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Rethinking E-Leadership

Easy Answers, it's important to regulate the level of distress or disruption that people feel. If you make them feel too much pressure, they'll be unable to perform the adaptive work you're asking them to do. Updated advice: Be only as... View Details

Keywords: by Melissa Raffoni

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IFC India 2025: Decarbonizing Rice Paddy Farming - Pioneering Sustainability in Indian Agriculture - Blog - Business & Environment

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