By Eamonn Fingleton “People ask me why I am so negative on America. Not the least of my concerns is that U.S. corporations have long been splurging so much on buying back their own shares.”… [Click HERE to read the…
AIR IMPACT
Recognition of AIR research, opinions, and people in the media and elsewhere
The corporate tax: Our mainstream parties fawned all over multinationals
By Michael Somerton “‘Tis much ado about nothing or, as Freud would have said, “the narcissism of small differences” (“How our tax inspectors fell in love with tycoons”, Nick Cohen). Britain’s mainstream parties pretend to differ on the taxation of…
To reignite growth: ban share buybacks
By Kaveh Pourvand “Admittedly, the topic of share buybacks, when companies repurchase their shares to return money to investors, may not immediately set the pulses racing. However, if William Lazonick is right, cracking down on this practice may be crucial to getting…
The Financialization of the U.S. Corporation: What Has Been Lost, and How It Can Be Regained
Bill Lazonick’s article, “The Financialization of the U.S. Corporation: What Has Been Lost, and How It Can Be Regained,” Seattle University Law Review, 36, 2, 2013, is available for download. It is in the journal’s special issue on The Future of Financial…
Bill Lazonick gave a keynote lecture, “The Innovative Enterprise and Corporate Governance
On March 12, Bill Lazonick gave a keynote lecture, “The Innovative Enterprise and Corporate Governance”, at the conference on Financial Market Capitalism – Work – Innovation, run by Soziologisches Forschungsinstitut Göttingen (SOFI) an der Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, Germany. Click for Conference Web…
Martyn Roetter published a letter to the editor of the Financial Times
On March 7, Martyn Roetter published a letter to the editor of the Financial Times in which he criticizes the decline of competition in the U.S. broadband service provider industry.
Conference on Finance, Business Models, and Sustainable Prosperity
On December 6-7 2012, many AIR associates participated in the conference on Finance, Business Models, and Sustainable Prosperity, organized by Bill Lazonick and held at the Ford Foundation headquarters in New York City. (see the conference website at www.fiid.org).
Bill Lazonick will give a keynote speech at the International Seminar on New Industrial Development Strategy for Job Creation
On December 4 2012, in Seoul, South Korea, Bill Lazonick will give a keynote speech at the International Seminar on New Industrial Development Strategy for Job Creation, sponsored by the Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade (KIET).
The risk-reward nexus in the innovation-inequality relationship
On December 3 2012, Mariana Mazzucato will be presenting her paper with Bill Lazonick, “The risk-reward nexus in the innovation-inequality relationship“, in the UK House of Parliament, with Chuka Umunna, Labour Member of Parliament for Streatham and Shadow Business Secretary as discussant.
Bill Lazonick was in Seoul at the World Knowledge Forum
On October 9 2012, Bill Lazonick was in Seoul at the World Knowledge Forum, where he was featured in sessions on “Job-Creating Growth” and “For a Better Workplace“.