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The More Climate Skeptics There Are, the Fewer Climate Entrepreneurs

Harvard Business Review

But how does the presence of climate skeptics affect the market for climate-related innovation? They ensure that would-be climate entrepreneurs have less incentive to invent. The small market size would lead the company to not invest in baldness medication. So they have no incentive to purchase them.

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More and More CEOs Are Taking Their Social Responsibility Seriously

Harvard Business Review

It has such a high share of the market that when there’s a problem with fake news it becomes, in large part, Facebook’s problem. Big firms face different incentives, for a few reasons. To the extent these firms have market power, they’re less subject to quarter-to-quarter competitive pressure.

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What the U.S. Economy Needs More Than Manufacturing

Harvard Business Review

The truth is, we don't actually compete much with China in our export markets; it's mainly with the Europeans, the Canadians, the Japanese. Ideally, with a lower marginal rate, companies would have more incentive to bring it home, but you need to have some kind of program in place as well. trade policy. Where do they sit now?

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