Corporations

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The Avenue

The New York Times exposed the risk of tracking our location, but let’s not forget the benefits

Adie Tomer and Lara Fishbane

Tuesday, December 18, 2018

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The Avenue

Tech is (still) concentrating in the Bay Area: An update on America’s winner-take-most economic phenomenon

Mark Muro and Jacob Whiton

Monday, December 17, 2018

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The Avenue

Amazon’s Northern Virginia headquarters could exacerbate existing economic disparities

Nicole Bateman, Jenny Schuetz, and Martha Ross

Thursday, November 29, 2018

An Amazon sign in San Francisco

Amazon HQ2

We can prepare for HQ2’s arrival

New York Times Wednesday, November 21, 2018

Reports

Online shopping

U.S. Metro Areas

Where will online orders get fulfilled? The changing local geography of e-commerce

Adie Tomer and Joseph Kane

Tuesday, September 11, 2018

Amazon headquarters

Amazon HQ2

Amazon HQ2: How did we get here? What comes next?

Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Business & Industry

A policy at peace with itself: Antitrust remedies for our concentrated, uncompetitive economy

William A. Galston and Clara Hendrickson

Friday, January 5, 2018

A businessman walks out of the headquarter building.

Business & Industry

Decoding CEO pay

Robert C. Pozen and S.P. Kothari

Wednesday, June 21, 2017

The shadow of a shopper is cast onto the ground.

Corporations

How to end the practice of anonymously held corporations, one year post-Panama Papers

Monday, March 27, 2017

Blog Posts

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FixGov

Unhappy anniversary: U.S. withdrawal from the Extractives Industries Transparency Initiative, one year later

Kelsey Landau and Norman Eisen

Friday, November 16, 2018

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The Avenue

For Amazon, HQ2 location decision was about talent, talent, talent

Tuesday, November 13, 2018

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The Avenue

Your city didn’t win the Amazon HQ2 beauty pageant. Now what?

Tuesday, November 13, 2018

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Events

The new dynamics of global energy and climate: A conversation with Exelon CEO Chris Crane

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM EDT

The relationship between corporations and American democracy

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EST

One year after the Panama Papers: Progress on anonymous corporate ownership?

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT

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Multimedia

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More on Corporations

Transformative placemaking

Opportunities for transformative placemaking

Wednesday, November 14, 2018

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Why Amazon was always going to pick a major city for HQ2

Mark Muro and Clara Hendrickson

CNN Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Jeff Bezos

Amazon HQ2 could hurt those in need. Here’s how the winning city can make sure it doesn’t

CNN Friday, November 9, 2018

Barack Obama sits opposite Norman Eisen in the Oval Office seating area.

Obama’s anti-corruption antidote: Can it work globally?

Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Amazon headquarters

Big Tech’s Role in Regional Inequality

Mark Muro and Robert Maxim

U.S. News & World Report Wednesday, October 3, 2018

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Sen. Warren’s Accountable Capitalism Act rightfully challenges a central tenet of corporate governance theory

Monday, August 20, 2018