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What the West Gets Wrong About China, French Version
Global Business SpotlightMany people have wrongly assumed that political freedom would follow new economic freedoms in China and that its economic growth would have to be built... -
Who Is Going to Regulate AI?
Government policy and regulation Digital ArticleAs the world reckons with the impact of powerful new AI systems, governments are jostling to lead the regulatory charge — and shape how this technology will grow. -
AI Regulation Is Coming
Technology & Operations Magazine ArticleFor years public concern about technological risk has focused on the misuse of personal data. But as firms embed more and more artificial intelligence... -
10 ESG Questions Companies Need to Answer
Government policy and regulation Digital ArticleOr risk being left behind. -
Overselling Sustainability Reporting
Sustainable business practices Magazine ArticleWe’re confusing output with impact. -
GDP Is Not a Measure of Human Well-Being
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleWe need better measures of development. -
Research: The Unintended Consequences of Right-to-Repair Laws
Business and society Digital ArticleA model assessing their potential impact suggests manufacturers might flood the market with cheap goods, raise prices, or both. -
Is America in Decline?
Global Business Magazine ArticleAmerica, a nation once celebrated for its irrepressible optimism, now appears to be obsessed by "declinism"--the idea that something is fundamentally... -
Clusters and the New Economics of Competition
Government policy and regulation Magazine ArticleParadoxically, the enduring competitive advantages in a global economy lie increasingly in local things—knowledge, relationships, and motivation that distant rivals cannot match. -
The U.S. Health Care System Isn't Built for Primary Care
Global Business Digital ArticleBox checking and perverse incentives undermine the patient/physician relationship. -
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Finance and investing Magazine ArticleFor the first 40-plus years of their existence, the federal securities laws did not require or prohibit specific managerial practices in the operation of business, other than a business in one of a handful of closely regulated industries. But with the passage of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, the SEC is equipped to […] -
The Economics of Why Companies Don't Fix Their Toxic Cultures
Global Business Digital ArticleAnd how it leads to corporate misconduct. -
DNA: Handle with Care
Government policy and regulation Magazine ArticleThe genetics boom is upon us, promising everything from cures for inherited diseases to smarter children. But companies must tread carefully as the ethical debate plays out. -
A Brief Guide to U.S. Corporate Tax Reform
Government policy and regulation Digital ArticleHow the current system works, and why it needs fixing. -
What 45 Years of Data Tells Us About Globalization's Influence on the Shadow Economy
Global Business Digital ArticleHow openness to trade and participation in IMF programs influence the informal economy. -
How More Regulation for U.S. Tech Could Backfire
Global Business Digital ArticleToday's rules haven't caught up to innovation. -
A Blueprint for Financial Reconstruction
Government policy and regulation Magazine ArticleAmerica’s banking crisis presents choices both perilous and promising. Perilous, because the failure to act intelligently will lead to the most serious economic collapse since the Great Depression. As much as 25% of the U.S. banking system—representing assets of more than $750 billion—has begun to post such massive loan losses that it must focus on […] -
The Crisis in Retirement Planning
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleCorporate America began to really take notice of the looming retirement crisis in the wake of the dot-com crash, when companies in major industries went... -
Why the Rest of the World Can't Free Ride on Europe's GDPR Rules
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleIt's not realistic to think the same regulations will work everywhere. -
A Map to Healthy--and Ailing--Markets
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleA look at global bailout and stimulus levels as percentages of GDP helps identify which economies will be stressed and which will have the resources to...
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The Devil's Derivatives: The Untold Story of the Slick Traders and Hapless Regulators Who Almost Blew Up Wall Street . . . and Are Ready to Do It Again
Finance & Accounting Book27.95View Details "The Devil's Derivatives" charts the untold story of modern financial innovation--how investment banks invented new financial products, how investors... -
CSX and Climate Change
Strategy & Execution Case Study14.00View Details CSX, America's largest eastern railroad, is heavily dependent on coal shipments, for revenues and profits. Environmental pressures, relating to coal-fired... -
Price Cap: The UK's Efforts to Regulate Regional Distribution Companies
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details "There are occasions when matters go beyond satire and indeed beyond a joke. Things have become so ridiculous that the laughter is incredibly painful.... -
Saving the Tuolumne: Sequel
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details In April 1983, the City and County of San Francisco and two irrigation districts in Merced and Stanislaus counties commissioned a feasibility study of... -
Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards 2017-2025
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details In December 2011, the United States National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Environmental Protection Agency issued a joint proposal... -
CanniMed Therapeutics Inc.: The IPO Dilemma
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In November 2016, the chief executive officer of CanniMed Therapeutics Inc. was considering the company's options for raising capital through an initial... -
To Kill a Tweeting Bird: The Suspension of Twitter Operations in Nigeria
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details On the evening of June 4, 2021, the Nigerian government ordered the suspension of business operations for Twitter in Nigeria, accusing the social media... -
Sino-Ocean Land: Responding to Change, Chinese Version
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In 2010, Sino-Ocean Land Holdings Limited was a highly successful, large real estate developer based in Beijing, China. Sino-Ocean Land had three main... -
Competition Policy in the European Union in 1995
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Describes the history of the competition policy in the European Union, and focuses on the evolution of pan-European and member-state statutes. The tension... -
The Public-Private Partnership Hurdle Race: The Case of Delhi International Airport
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details The case "The Public-Private Partnership Hurdle Race: The Case of Delhi International Airport" is about the various challenges faced by the GMR Group... -
PG&E: Hanging on to a Ray of Hope
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Pacific Gas & Electric is the second-largest investor-owned utility in the country and the largest in California, serving 15 million people across 70,000... -
Confronting a Pandemic in a Home Rule State: The Indiana State Department of Health Responds to H1N1
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details When Indiana State Health Commissioner Dr. Judy Monroe learned of the emergence of H1N1 (commonly referred to as "Swine Flu") in late April 2009, she... -
Mandalay Homes: Building Sustainable Innovation in Residential Construction
Management Case Study8.95View Details Mandalay Homes, a home builder based in northern Arizona, is a market leader in energy efficiency based construction. The company is now at a crossroads... -
Lobbying at eCab
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Erin Jones' ridesharing startup in her mid-sized hometown is finally picking up. She's hoping to reach a sustainable scale so that she can sell to a large... -
UberX: Driving into London, Ontario
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In September 2015, the Community and Protective Services Committee of the City of London, Ontario, needed to report on options for potentially regulating... -
FANUC Corporation: Reassessing the Firm's Governance and Financial Policies, Chinese Version
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In February 2015, Daniel Loeb (a US-based activist investor) announced his firm had a large investment in FANUC Corporation, a leading producer of industrial... -
The Financial Regulatory Environment
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details The financial regulatory environment in the United States covers the insurance, banking, and securities industries. This note summarizes the regulation... -
American Electric Power: Investing in Forest Conservation
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details This case focuses on an opportunity that American Electric Power (AEP) has to invest, with The Nature Conservancy (TNC), in one of the world's first projects... -
Health Care & the Isolated Poor in the Lower Rio Grande Valley: The Quest to Make a Lasting Change, Sequel
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details The spring of 2005 marked a tricky juncture for the leaders of a program designed to improve health care access for thousands of residents living in impoverished,...
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What the West Gets Wrong About China, French Version
Global Business SpotlightMany people have wrongly assumed that political freedom would follow new economic freedoms in China and that its economic growth would have to be built... -
Who Is Going to Regulate AI?
Government policy and regulation Digital ArticleAs the world reckons with the impact of powerful new AI systems, governments are jostling to lead the regulatory charge — and shape how this technology will grow. -
AI Regulation Is Coming
Technology & Operations Magazine ArticleFor years public concern about technological risk has focused on the misuse of personal data. But as firms embed more and more artificial intelligence... -
10 ESG Questions Companies Need to Answer
Government policy and regulation Digital ArticleOr risk being left behind. -
Overselling Sustainability Reporting
Sustainable business practices Magazine ArticleWe’re confusing output with impact. -
GDP Is Not a Measure of Human Well-Being
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleWe need better measures of development. -
Research: The Unintended Consequences of Right-to-Repair Laws
Business and society Digital ArticleA model assessing their potential impact suggests manufacturers might flood the market with cheap goods, raise prices, or both. -
Is America in Decline?
Global Business Magazine ArticleAmerica, a nation once celebrated for its irrepressible optimism, now appears to be obsessed by "declinism"--the idea that something is fundamentally... -
Clusters and the New Economics of Competition
Government policy and regulation Magazine ArticleParadoxically, the enduring competitive advantages in a global economy lie increasingly in local things—knowledge, relationships, and motivation that distant rivals cannot match. -
The Devil's Derivatives: The Untold Story of the Slick Traders and Hapless Regulators Who Almost Blew Up Wall Street . . . and Are Ready to Do It Again
Finance & Accounting Book27.95View Details "The Devil's Derivatives" charts the untold story of modern financial innovation--how investment banks invented new financial products, how investors...