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*Please note this is a selected list of Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government events. For complete listings, please explore individual program websites.

February 3, 2005

 

Seminar Series: Corporate Governance and Public Policy

Delaware's Politics: A Public Choice Analysis of Corporate Law

Mark Roe, David Berg Professor of Law, Harvard Law School

February 14, 2005

 

Critical Issues in Corporate Social Responsiblity

Mark Kramer, Founder and Director, Foundation Strategy Group
Jane Nelson, Director, Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative and Senior Fellow, Center for Business and Government
Simon Zadek, Founder and Director, AccountAbility

February 17, 2005

 

Seminar Series: New Directions in Regulation

Interdependent Security: A General Model

Howard Kunreuther, Cecilia Yen Koo Professor, Wharton School of Business

February 24, 2005

 

Business and Human Rights: Challenges for the Parmaceutical Corporation

Interdependent Security: A General Model

Klaus M. Leisinger, President and Executive Director, Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development

March 3, 2005

 

Seminar Series: New Directions in Regulation

Bad Draws, Bad Bets, Bad Apples, and Bad Policies: Making Tough Choices in Social Welfare Programs

Peter Schuck, Simeon E. Baldwin Professor of Law, Yale Law School
Richard Zeckhauser, Frank Plumpton Ramsey Professor, Kennedy School of Government

March 10, 2005

 

Seminar Series: New Directions in Regulation

Lobbying the European Union

David Coen, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Director of the MSc in Public Policy, University College London

March 17, 2005

 

Seminar Series: Corporate Governance and Public Policy

The Sarbanes Oxley Act and the Making of Quack Corporate Governance

Roberta Romano, Allen Duffy/Class of 1960 Professor of Law, Yale Law School

March 23, 2005

 

Learning on the Job: When Business Takes on the Public Schools

Steve Wilson, Senior Fellow, Center for Business and Government; Founder and Former CEO, Advantage Schools

March 24, 2005

 

From Access to Innovation and Creativity: Harnessing ICT for Development

Akhtar Badshah, Senior Director, Community Affairs, Microsoft

April 1-2, 2005

 

Conference on Promoting Financial Stewardship in the Public Sector

Led by Liz Keating, Associate Professor of Public Policy, Kennedy School of Government

April 6, 2005

 

Global Health Fellows as Corporate Change Agents

Nancy Nielsen, Senior Director, Corporate Citizenship, Pfizer Inc.

April 14, 2005

 

Seminar Series: New Directions in Regulation

Powerful Medicines: The Benefits, Risks, and Costs of Prescription Drugs

Jerry Avorn, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Chief, Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Brigham and Women's Hospital

April 20, 2005

 

Coal Gasification: A Strategic Energy and Environmental Initiative

William Rosenberg, Senior Fellow, Center for Business and Government, Kennedy School of Government

April 27, 2005

 

"A Closer Walk"

An internationally acclaimed documentary on HIV/AIDS
Directed, written and produced by Oscar nominee Robert Bilheimer
Narrated by Glenn Close and Will Smith
Introduction by Robert Bilheimer

April 28, 2005

 

Seminar Series: New Directions in Regulation

Innovative Environmental Policy: Promising Strategies and Future Opportunities

Jay Benforado, Director, National Center for Environmental Innovation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

May 5, 2005

 

Seminar Series: Corporate Governance and Public Policy

Incentives vs. Control: The Role of Dual Class Shares

Paul Gompers
Roy and Elizabeth Simmons Professor of Business Adminstration, Harvard Business School

May 12, 2005

 

Seminar Series: New Directions in Regulation

Did the EPA's Voluntary Industrial Toxics Program Reduce Emissions?

Shanti Gamper-Rabindran
Assistant Professor, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

May 23, 2005

 

Microfinance in Support of Poverty Alleviation

Promoting Sustainable Financial Markets to Meet Poor Household and Micro Enterprise Needs

United Nations Association of Greater Boston (http://www.unagb.org)

September 14, 2005

 

M-RCBG Student Open House

Meet faculty and staff and learn about our programs and courses

September 29, 2005

 

Business and Government Seminar Series

Does Monitoring Work?: Lessons from Nike

Richard Locke
Alvin Siteman Professor of Entrepreneurship and Political Science, Sloan School of Business, MIT

October 6, 2005

 

 

 

 

Leadership Council Members Breakfast

Jeanne Shaheen
Director, Institute of Politics

October 6, 2005

 

New Directions in Regulation Seminar Series

Regulatory Policy Based on Benefit and Cost: Progress and Challenges

John Graham
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget

October 13, 2005

 

Business and Government Seminar Series

Prospects for Industry Self-Regulation: The Case of ISO 14001

Michael Lenox
Professor of Management, The Fuqua School of Business, Duke University

October 18, 2005

 

Business & International Development: Challenges and Opportunities

A Discussion with Doug Daft, Former CEO of Coca-Cola and Anthony Ruys, Former CEO of Heineken HV

Moderated by John Ruggie, Weil Director of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government

October 20, 2005

 

Leadership Council Members Breakfast

Doug Daft
Former CEO, The Coca-Cola Company

October 20, 2005

 

New Directions in Regulation Seminar Series

File Sharing, Copyright, Digital Rights Management, and the Optimal Production of Music

Gerald Faulhaber
Professor of Business and Public Policy and Management, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania

October 27, 2005

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Directions in Regulation Seminar Series

The Energy Policy Act of 2005: Will it Make a Difference

William Hogan
Lucius N. Littauer Professor of Public Policy and Administration, Kennedy School of Government

John Holdren
Theresa and John Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy, Kennedy School of Government

William Rosenberg
Senior Fellow, Center for Business and Government

November 3, 2005

 

Leadership Council Members Breakfast

Brian Hehir
Professor of the Practice of Religion and Public Life, Kennedy School of Government

November 3, 2005

 

New Directions in Regulation Seminar Series

Whose Video is it Anyway: The Battle Between Telcos and Cable to Provide your Video

Robert Metzger
Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

November 10, 2005

 

New Directions in Regulation Seminar Series

Medical Utilization Under Placebo Learning with Self-Remitting Diseases: A Rationale for Approval Regulation

Daniel Carpenter
Professor of Government, Harvard University

November 17, 2005

 

Business and Government Seminar Series

Signaling Social Responsibility

Jason Scott Johnston
Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School

December 14, 2005

 

Spanning and Crossing the Business & Government Boundaries

A one day conference renaming the Center in honor of Bijan and Sharmin Mossavar-Rahmani

December 8, 2005

 

Leadership Council Members Breakfast

Joseph Nye
Former Dean and Professor of International Relations
Kennedy School of Government

December 1, 2005

 

 

Business and Government Seminar Series

The Private Life of Public Law

Michael Vandenbergh
Professor of Law
Vanderbilt Law School