First Annual Conference on Institutional Mechanisms for Industry
Self-Regulation
February 24-25, 2006
Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
Hanover, NH
<http://mba.tuck.dartmouth.edu/mechanisms/>
This conference seeks to convene scholars researching mechanisms for solving
common industry problems. Examples include codes of conduct, standards,
industry norms, collaborative agreements, information disclosure standards,
and ratings organizations. These programs govern a wide array of domains
including environmental management, worker and product safety, technological
compatibility, fiduciary responsibility, advertising, broadcast media,
privacy, and digital rights and other forms of intellectual property.
This year, the conference will emphasize self-regulation that purports to
solve environmental problems such as pollution and overuse of common
resources, although several presentations will address self-regulation in
other domains including labor and intellectual property.
The agenda includes sessions on:
* Private logics for self-regulation
* Industry commons
* International certification
* Information disclosure
* Codes and contracts
* Public interaction with self-regulation
The conference fee is just $100 and includes entry to the commencement
banquette on Friday February 24. The conference agenda, papers, and travel
information are available at <http://mba.tuck.dartmouth.edu/mechanisms/>
The conference runs Friday evening through Saturday evening, leaving Sunday
available to enjoy skiing and other winter sports near Hanover. The
conference organizers are Andrew King (Dartmouth), Michael Lenox (Duke), and
Mike Toffel (Berkeley).
Conference attendees are also welcome to come Friday morning to attend
another conference at Dartmouth: the 4th Annual Business Sustainability
Initiative Conference <http://mba.tuck.dartmouth.edu/pages/clubs/bsi/>. That
practitioner conference attracts business and community leaders to discuss
mechanisms for solving problems of industry and national development.
Mike Toffel
Haas School of Business
University of California at Berkeley
Tel: (510) 847-8160
Email:
toffel@haas.berkeley.edu
http://faculty.haas.berkeley.edu/toffel/