Twenty years ago, Harvard Business School economist and strategy professor Michael Porter stood conventional wisdom about the impact of environmental regulation on business on its head by declaring that well designed regulation could actually enhance competitiveness. The traditional view of...

Twenty years ago, Harvard Business School economist and strategy professor Michael Porter stood conventional wisdom about the impact of environmental regulation on business on its head by declaring that well-designed regulation could actually enhance competitiveness. The traditional view of...

While innovation is generally thought to provide value to society, the organization literature is beginning to examine this issue more closely by noting that innovation may also lead to negative social outcomes - oftentimes unintended consequences of policies or market incentives to innovate. In...