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- 30 May 2007
- Research & Ideas
Health Care Under a Research Microscope
regulated industry, so anyone who's interested in business and government would be a player. It has a social and ethical component to it. So this is fertile ground to study a lot of other phenomena." The School has assembled a... View Details
- 28 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
Microfinance: A Way Out for the Poor
poor can pay for what they need, and scale is not a challenge but a friend. In 2003 it had over one million clients, said Chu. Microfinance was not the purview only of ACCION, however. In 1992, Bolivia's Bancosol, he said, became the first commercial bank View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Consumer Finance Makes HBS Debut
in the economic crisis that hit last fall. Howell and I have been working on these issues for a decade. With the economic crisis, the issues of household debt, retail financial services, and regulation in this sector came to the fore. But... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
The Business of Biotech
follows that our potential to develop a particular disease will matter less and less to insurers. The general consensus, however, is that new legislation will be required in the meantime for this and a host of other issues, much of it relating to the View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 12 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 12, 2016
Spontaneous Deregulation: How to Compete with Platforms That Ignore the Rules By: Edelman, Benjamin G., and Damien Geradin Abstract—Many successful platform businesses—think Airbnb, Uber, and YouTube—ignore laws and regulations that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Mar 2014
- Blog Post
East Asia MBA Market Update
have traveled during the past six months, with a focus on the Asian private equity market. China In December 2013 Chinese regulators lifted the 14 month moratorium on IPOs and also put in place new procedures for how companies can go... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Vision: Sound Science
It was a milestone to celebrate: Earlier this year, designations from FDA and European Union regulators moved researchers at the Boston-based startup Akouos, Inc., a step closer to producing the first-ever therapy for gene-mediated... View Details
Keywords: Deb Blagg
- 17 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 17, 2015
https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/416018-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 716-024 Evolving Trends in Global Trade The note, while not intended to be historically comprehensive, explores the regulation of international trade... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 26 Aug 2014
- First Look
First Look: August 26
find support for these hypotheses. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2480097 Codes in Context: How States, Markets, and Civil Society Shape Adherence to Global Labor Standards By: Toffel, Michael W., Jodi L. Short, and Melissa Ouellet... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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BiGS Fellows | Institute for Business in Global Society
Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET) The financial economics of sustainability and climate change As business strives to reduce carbon emissions and transition to clean energy, Gasparini plans to study the financial economics of climate change, focusing on the... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Skydeck Voices: For My Next Act
utilities industries is privatized, water in particular. And I chair the organization that regulates water monopolies. They’re big companies. Many of them privately owned now by pension funds, infrastructure funds. And our job is to hold... View Details
- 03 Apr 2019
- Book
Fintech's Game-Changing Opportunities for Small Business
Regulation: What are the hurdles? Mills: In the book, I have two chapters on regulation. Often people find regulation boring, but we are at a critical juncture. Decisions we make over the next several years will influence large parts of... View Details
- 24 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 24, 2017
managers’ contest, but the SEC does not allow exclusion, 21% go on to win shareholder or firm support suggesting that managers often seek to exclude legitimate shareholder interests from their proxy statements. Our analysis illuminates the role that View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne