Is Business Broken?
autor: Questrom School of Business
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Can We be Both Fashionable and Sustainable?
Can We be Both Fashionable and Sustainable?
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Conversations about the role of business in society, brought to you by the Ravi K. Mehrotra Institute for Business, Markets & Society at BU Questrom School of Business.
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- Can We be Both Fashionable and Sustainable? · 31 minClothing helps people signal status and belonging, but that drive has also fueled a global system that produces disposable fashion at a massive scale. How did we build a world…
- How Do We Prove What We Know? · 35 minGenerative Artificial Intelligence can now draft a paper, solve a complex math problem, construct a deck, and polish a cover letter in seconds. But when AI does the work for us…
- Is the Gig Economy Changing the Rules of Work? · 28 minMore than 70 million Americans now do some form of freelance or gig work. For many, the appeal is flexibility: the freedom to choose when, where, and how much to work. But that…
- Is Employee Surveillance a Productivity Solution, or a Trust Problem? · 32 minIn the age of remote and hybrid work, one question has taken on new urgency: how do you measure productivity when you can’t see it? From AI-powered engineering dashboards to…
- Beyond Corporate Sustainability: Can the Free Market Be Environmentally Responsible? · 27 minWe've watched companies wrap themselves in green branding, issue elaborate corporate sustainability reports, and promise a future where capitalism and conservation march hand in…
- Beyond Corporate Sustainability: When Did Sustainability Become Sustainability Inc? · 25 minIndividual companies don't operate in a vacuum. They're part of industries, supply chains, financial markets, and a much larger system. So in this bigger picture, how did the…
- Beyond Corporate Sustainability: Can Corporations Solve Climate Change? · 26 minIn 1990, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change published a report confirming what many scientists already knew: that human activities are driving rapid, intensifying…
- What transforms an idea into an economy? · 31 minWhere does innovation begin? What are the critical factors driving innovation today and tomorrow? And what happens when federal funding gets shaky, the IPO market stalls, and…
- Does the Future of Sustainability Lie in the Shipping Industry? · 24 minOcean shipping carries close to 90% of global trade, and it accounts for about 3% of global emissions. The International Maritime Organization has set ambitious targets to reduce…
- Can Private Equity Be a Force for Good? · 33 minWe are living through a massive migration of wealth. More and more capital is leaving public markets and flowing into private equity. There's even a growing push to let everyday…
- Vote for "Is Business Broken?" in the Webby Awards! · 1 minExciting news! Is Business Broken? has been nominated for a Webby Award in the Business category! We couldn't be prouder of all of our listeners who helped make this possible…
- How is AI Changing Your Relationship With Your Doctor? · 32 minAI is already making its way into healthcare, from helping doctors write notes to interpreting medical images and managing growing amounts of patient data. As one of the…
- How is Generative AI Reshaping Hollywood? · 29 minArtificial intelligence is rapidly moving into Hollywood, from visual effects and editing to script development and production workflows. In the realms of creative industries…
- Would You Trust a Self-Driving Car? · 29 minSelf-driving cars are logging millions of miles in a growing number of U.S. cities. Waymo now wants to test its newest robotaxis on Boston’s narrow streets, rotaries, and snowy…
- Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Miran on Tariffs, Inflation, and Deregulation · 31 minIn recent years, the Federal Reserve has faced down enormous economic challenges: rising inflation, new trade policies, a pandemic, and a weaker labor market. So how much are…
- Are Boardrooms Ready for the New Geopolitical Reality? · 43 minToday's episode tackles a challenge facing boardrooms right now: the intersection of geopolitics and corporate governance. For decades, companies followed a playbook built on…
- What Does Antitrust Mean in 2025? · 29 minAt its core, antitrust is about reining in concentrated power. But in a world where digital platforms shape our choices and markets evolve, the boundaries of competition and…
- Why Should We Care About Corporate Governance? · 29 minHow might corporate governance shape business decisions, trust, and society at large? In this special student-hosted episode of Is Business Broken?, BU Questrom Undergrad Grant…
- Why Don't Restaurants Steal Recipes? · 25 minToday, we're diving into a fascinating corner of self-regulation—one that doesn't rely on formal rules or legal protections, but instead on norms. In industries like fashion and…
- When Does Self Regulation Become Collusion? · 28 minLast week's show introduced self-regulation, the practice of businesses, setting their own guardrails without government, but what are the limits to private actors policing…
