Center for Business & Public Policy

The Evolution of Innovation, Competition, and Regulation

The Center for Business and Public Policy is an academic research center within the McDonough School of Business. For the last 20 years, we have engaged with scholars, industry practitioners, and policymakers in inquiry and dialogue and to disseminate knowledge on issues at the nexus of business and public policy. Across diverse industries and economic sectors, we investigate the evolution of innovation, competition, and regulation. We conduct empirical economic analysis, keep abreast of relevant issues, and inform policies that promote economic welfare.

Events and Outreach

Each year the center convenes conferences, seminars, and panel discussions to foster collaboration and dialogue among prominent academics, industry leaders, and policymakers both at Georgetown and across Washington, D.C.

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Thought Leadership

Our commitment to high-quality economic analysis and emphasis on competition, regulation, and innovation unite our major areas of focus: digital economy, international trade, infrastructure, antitrust, healthcare markets, and the future of work. 

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Student Learning

The center offers unparalleled opportunities for student learning and engagement at the intersection of business, economics, and public policy in Washington, D.C., including the MBA Certificate in Nonmarket Strategy.

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Past Event Highlights

Georgetown on the Hill

• Georgetown on the Hill: Rules in Flux: Trade Policy Uncertainty and the U.S. Economy
• Georgetown on the Hill: Universal Broadband Services: Lessons Learned and Implications for the Future
• Georgetown on the Hill: Discussions on AI – Open vs. Closed AI Development
• Georgetown on the Hill: Discussions on AI
• Georgetown on the Hill: “Regime Change: U.S. Antitrust Policy in Transition”

MBA Lunch and Learn

• Foreign Policy in Venezuela and Its Impact on Global Energy Markets with Frank Macchiarola
• How Talent, Firms, and Cities Evolve Together with Professor Rahul Gupta
• Beyond the Headlines: How Tariffs Shape Global Markets with Marc Busch
• U.S. Immigration: Understanding the Present, Charting the Future
• AI Governance in New Zealand – Choices and Constraints for a Small Country with Sarah Box

Little Nuggets of Tech and Telecom

• The Spectrum Pipeline and Related Policy Reset – What’s Next?
• Broadband Subsidy Programs Under a Trump Administration: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow?
• Charting the Course: The 2025 Regulatory and Policy Landscape
• Featuring Alex Besen, Founder & CEO of the Besen Group
• Beltway Policy Priorities with Roger Entner
• Featuring former FCC Commissioner Mike O’Rielly
• All Things Mobile with Doug Brake of CTIA

Academic Conferences

• Making AI Work: What Firms and Workers Need
• AI, Big Data, and Policy
• Strategy and The Business Environment Conference

Recent News

• Matt Murtagh-White
  About Matt Murtagh-White recently completed his Ph.D. in computer science at Trinity College Dublin, where his research focused on using natural language processing and machine learning to extract structured, policy-relevant evidence from research papers and evaluation documents. He… Read more: Matt Murtagh-White
• Michael Karas
  About Michael Karas is a recent Ph.D. graduate in economics from the University of Colorado Boulder. His research lies at the intersection of industrial organization, environmental and energy economics, and economic history, with a particular interest in how… Read more: Michael Karas
• Zhentao Jiang
  About Zhentao Jiang received her Ph.D. in economics from Georgetown University. Her research focuses on industrial organization, and she is also interested in labor economics and applied microeconomics with a focus on digital platforms.  Jiang’s recent work studies… Read more: Zhentao Jiang

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