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Sustainability in Energy Industry
financial regulators This report identifies so many important recommendations to address the systemic risk that the climate crisis presents. Global Energy Review 2020 The impacts of the Covid-19 crisis on global energy demand and CO2...
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Building Web 3 Businesses - Course Catalog
has been beset with deep skepticism. Many early Web3 business models proved to be unsustainable. Regulators and policymakers increasingly expressed concerns about investor and consumer protections, fraudulent activities, and overall about...
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- 01 Dec 2003
- What Do You Think?
Is This the Twilight Era for the Managed Mutual Fund?
a vile 'market timer' is a sad commentary on how inflexibly the mutual fund industry is viewed by academics, regulators and distributors." Richard Eckel suggests that both perceptions and real problems will be addressed when, among...
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by James Heskett
- 08 Jul 2002
- What Do You Think?
Have We Carried the Concept of Alignment Too Far?
much of the remedy can be legislated? (2) What's the likelihood that vigorous new enforcement of new regulations will make it increasingly difficult to find qualified and independent directors? (3) If the latter occurs, will investors'...
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by James Heskett
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
The Latest Model
broader economy. Prysm was retained recently by a large conglomerate to help design a crypto token, in a highly regulated jurisdiction. “They came to us and said, we need a token economic model that does the things we want to achieve and...
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- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The Blue-Green Revolution
algae Nannochloropsis gaditana and uncovered a group of genes responsible for regulating oil production. By tweaking one of those genes with the powerful editing tool known as CRISPR, the team ultimately doubled the amount of oil produced...
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- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Prognosis
of telemedicine. At MGH these virtual visits skyrocketed, allowing patients and doctors to reduce the risk of spreading the virus. How did that change come about so suddenly, after years of existing on the fringes? Robert Huckman: What we’ve seen is at least a...
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- 10 Nov 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
Research News and Tips: Innovating Across Time Zones
informal deadlines are associated with significantly more adverse effects, including more hospitalizations, life-threatening incidents, and deaths—particularly, drugs most rushed through the approval process." What's going on here? The patterns are "consistent with a...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 13 May 2002
- Op-Ed
A Cure for Enron-Style Audit Failures
If companies and regulators are ever to learn from the collapse of Enron—and prevent similar corporate debacles in the future—they must look more closely at the relationship between auditors, managers and the company audit committee. The...
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- 13 Dec 2018
- Blog Post
Working at the Intersection of Business and Environment
likely to be affected by climate change or related regulation and recommend steps it should take to address related risks while simultaneously seizing emerging opportunities for investment or innovation. On the engagement front, BEI...
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- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Lisa Churchville (MBA 1979)
hand, some technologies have come and gone: Witness the VHS tape, which killed the Beta format, only to succumb to the DVD. And I would never have guessed that managing in a regulated environment and process engineering would be so...
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- 30 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 30, 2019
Psychology and Financial Fragility By: Gennaioli, Nicola, and Andrei Shleifer Abstract—The collapse of Lehman Brothers in September 2008 caught markets and regulators by surprise. Although the government rushed to rescue other financial...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
and the costs sometimes associated with implementing "green" strategies - strong government regulation at home and abroad will continue to be necessary in order to motivate many businesses to become more environmentally accountable. He...
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- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Everything Old Is New Again: The History of Technological Frontiers
standardization, and regulation. She was careful to clarify the regulation phase. "What I'm talking about are the basic, underlying rules, which are primarily rules of property rights," said Spar. She thinks View Details
- 2022
- Case
Marathon Petroleum and Southwest Detroit: The Intersection of Community and Environment
Environmental racism describes the unequal burden of environmental hazards placed on disadvantaged communities through systems, policies, and practices. In such a situation, these people disproportionately live close to sources of toxic waste-what are referred to as...
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Environmental Regulation;
Pollutants;
Pollution;
Equality and Inequality;
Social Issues;
Poverty;
Race;
Health Disorders;
Ethics
Hoffman, Andrew J. "Marathon Petroleum and Southwest Detroit: The Intersection of Community and Environment." William Davidson Institute Case 2-652-482, 2022.
- 02 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 2
the effect of mandatory sustainability reporting on corporate disclosure practices. Specifically, we examine regulations mandating the disclosure of environmental, social, and governance information in China, Denmark, Malaysia, and South...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 27
Emissions Regulation Authors:David Drake, Paul R. Kleindorfer, and Luk N. Van Wassenhove Abstract We study the impact of emissions tax and emissions cap-and-trade regulation on a firm's long-run technology...
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Carmen Nobel
- 26 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 26, 2019
to negotiate the Brexit endgame, she might well consider three lessons from Wilson’s futile diplomacy during his last year in office. Publisher's link: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55708 2018 Yale Journal on Regulation...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 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...
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- 13 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Diagnosing the Public Health Care Alternative
onto patients. To work, a public plan must be regulated and have independent governance, and, if it is well-designed, it might inspire competition from private insurers—leading to better value for patients. Regina E. Herzlinger, The Nancy...
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