A Big Year Ahead for the Institute
By Laura Tyson Greetings to all as we begin a new academic year at the Berkeley-Haas Institute for Business and Social Impact. There are many exciting developments to share with the IBSI community. *New leaders…
Public Policy
Berkeley-Haas Takes Stock of Its Broader Mission
It’s no secret that one of Berkeley-Haas’s defining characteristics is its emphasis on placing business in the larger context of social and environmental responsibility. The school’s four defining principles, starting with “Question the Status Quo”…
Laura Tyson: The Government as Venture Capitalist
The American public’s attitude toward government, writes Laura Tyson in a new column for Project Syndicate, recalls a classic scene in Monty Python’s “Life of Brian.” “What have they ever given us in return?” fulminates…
Prize-Driven Innovation Gets a New Push From an Unexpected Sponsor
By Paul Jansen Prize competitions for innovation have a long history of producing beneficial change – from the 18th-century Longitude Prize, which enabled more accurate transoceanic navigation, to Napoleon’s food preservation prize that led to…
The White House Embraces a Venture Capital Strategy to Social Innovation
It doesn’t get much attention, but the Obama administration has embraced a venture-capital approach for catalyzing innovative solutions to urgent social problems. Laura Tyson and Jonathan Greenblatt, director of the White House’s Office of Social…
Could Mexico Lead the World in Renewable Energy?
By Omar Romero-Hernández and Sergio Romero-Hernández Like many other nations, Mexico has been half-hearted about increasing its use of renewable energy. In theory, political leaders recognize the benefits – reduced carbon emissions and particulate pollution;…
Laura Tyson on Cleaning up Global Supply Chains
Nearly one year after more than 1,100 Bangladeshi workers died in the collapse of the Rana Plaza textile factory, corporations and governments are still struggling with how to enforce decent working conditions in global supply…
Worried About Whistleblowers? Try This.
By Adair Morse and Jo-Ellen Pozner Forbes recently declared that 2014 would be “the Year of the Whistleblower,” while the Wall Street Journal essentially predicted that this would be the Year of the General Counsel …
Corporate America puts its own price on carbon
By David Vogel Last month, the New York Times published a front-page story that may signal an historic shift in the willingness of the American business community to address the risks of global climate change….
The Business of Business is More Than Business
By Laura D’Andrea Tyson || Earlier this year, Robert Simons of Harvard Business School fired off a blistering indictment of American businesses and business schools. American companies, he charged, have become softheaded, unfocused, and uncompetitive, in part…