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  • August 2002 (Revised August 2002)
  • Case

Raiser Senior Services--The Stratford (A)

By: H. Kent Bowen and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld
Focuses on modifying operations to increase profitability at an upscale senior care facility in California. Jennifer Raiser, president of Raiser Senior Services, opened the Stratford in 1992 as a high-end, continuing-care retirement community. Ten years later, the... View Details
Keywords: Cost Management; Profit; Saving; Health Care and Treatment; Age; Management Teams; Problems and Challenges; Ethics; Legal Liability; Business Growth and Maturation; Health Industry; Service Industry; California
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November 2024. November 2024 Teaching Note Martine Rothblatt and United Therapeutics: A Series of Implausible Dreams By: Debora L. Spar and Julia M. Comeau Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 323-039. In 1990, satellite expert and Sirius XM founder Martine Rothblatt was... View Details

    Robert C. Merton

    Robert C. Merton is the School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

    Merton is University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University and was the George Fisher Baker Professor of... View Details

    Keywords: banking; brokerage; financial services; insurance industry; investment banking industry; retail financial services
    • 08 Sep 2015
    • First Look

    September 8, 2015

    support for both of these, but in different settings. In particular, we find that firms with higher CSR Investments enjoy an average of $1 billion of saved firm value upon an adverse event. In contrast, CSR Contribution firms lose value... View Details
    Keywords: Carmen Nobel
    • 03 Mar 2008
    • First Look

    First Look: March 4, 2008

    financial advisors to make saving and investment decisions. Low literacy and lack of information affect the ability to save and to secure a comfortable retirement; ignorance about basic financial concepts... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • Web

    Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

    Commonwealth — created the conditions for the nation’s largest payroll processor, multiple U.S. employers, retirement record keepers, and others to work together to help address systemic U.S. household financial insecurity through a... View Details
    • Web

    Employment | Harvard Business School

    vacation, holiday, sick time, and family leave policies. Medical & Dental Quality and affordability are the hallmarks of Harvard's medical and dental plans. Work/Life Balance Harvard offers an array of resources for working parents. View Details
    • 28 Apr 2009
    • First Look

    First Look: April 28, 2009

    Abstract A new instrument (the Mutual Inheritance Fund or MIF) is proposed whose purpose is to help people carry their savings forward from the moment they retire into their old age. Like annuities, this... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • Web

    Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni

    Fellowship was established in honor of Nolan Archibald (MBA 1970), who is the retired chairman, president, and CEO of Black & Decker. When appointed president and chief executive officer in March 1986 at the age of 42, Archibald was the... View Details
    • 16 Nov 2021
    • HBS Case

    How a Company Made Employees So Miserable, They Killed Themselves

    have deeply downsized their staffs. “There’s a lot that happened in the situation that should sound alarm bells for others,” Montgomery says. “The cases point to risks that can arise when firms facing severe competitive threats adopt a single-minded focus. Framing... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding
    • 19 Dec 2023
    • Research & Ideas

    15 Podcast Episodes That Grabbed Listeners in 2023

    Ranjay Gulati talks to Tynan about her learning journey, and how she managed the risks of entrepreneurship while aiming to make a lasting impact. Saving BlackBerry: CEO John Chen Explains How to Make the Hard Calls John Chen was hired to... View Details
    Keywords: by Danielle Kost
    • 18 Aug 2022
    • Op-Ed

    Your Best Employees Are Burning Out: A Framework for Retaining Talent

    past four decades, organizations ranging from Fortune 500 companies to federal, state, and local governments have slashed benefits, retirements, job security, and labor protections. These actions have saved companies trillions of dollars... View Details
    Keywords: by Hise Gibson and MaShon Wilson
    • 18 Mar 2013
    • HBS Case

    HBS Cases: LEGO

    found itself needing to turn around its turnaround. Outside The Family Enter Jørgen Knudstorp. He was just 35 years old when Kjeld promoted him from director of strategic development to CEO in 2004. (Kjeld retired that same year.) Like... View Details
    Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Entertainment & Recreation
    • Web

    Finance - Faculty & Research

    ; Ownership Stake ; Retirement ; Financial Services Industry ; Telecommunications Industry ; United States Citation Educators Related Jones, Archie, Michael Norris, Alliyah Gary, and Chelsea Grain-Jefferson. "Grain Management." Harvard... View Details
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    Topics - HBS Working Knowledge

    Recruitment (31) Refugees (4) Relationships (152) Religion (5) Renewable Energy (7) Reputation (14) Research and Development (59) Research (107) Resignation and Termination (10) Resource Allocation (11) Restructuring (3) Retention (21) View Details
    • 01 Mar 2024
    • News

    Game On

    It’s raining in Sarasota. And not a light sprinkle but a proper, Florida drenching, so the outdoor courts at the Pickleball Club’s Lakewood Ranch location are deserted. Inside is a different story. Most of the 12 courts are in play. With four people to a court, all... View Details
    Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photographed by Edward Linsmier; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment
    • 19 Jul 2017
    • Research & Ideas

    Why Government 'Nudges' Motivate Good Citizen Behavior

    to do, like save for retirement—which are both for the good of society and for their own good. Here’s an example. On the first day of a new job, the paperwork is coming at you fast and furious, including a packet of information about how... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding
    • 01 Oct 2001
    • Research & Ideas

    How To Make Restructuring Work for Your Company

    companies recognize the need to restructure too late, when fewer options remain and saving the company may be more difficult. Scott Paper's new CEO was widely criticized in the news media for the magnitude of the layoffs he ordered.... View Details
    Keywords: by Stuart C. Gilson
    • Web

    Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research

    Article | Stanford Social Innovation Review Business leaders are under pressure to address the climate crisis, but they can’t do so alone. Climate alliances can help leaders and firms be more ambitious, responsible, and effective in driving the systems change necessary... View Details
    • 06 Nov 2008
    • Op-Ed

    Selling Out The American Dream

    going out to shop. The injustice of the current crisis is that citizens who acted responsibly and were saving for their retirement have seen the values of their homes and 401(k) plans collapse. Those who... View Details
    Keywords: by John Quelch