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- 07 Oct 2014
- News
Michael Porter: Disrupt Health Care to Save It
- 14 May 2024
- News
One Way to Help Employees Build Emergency Savings
- 12 Jun 2019
- News
Business as Usual Will Not Save the Planet
- 15 Aug 2018
- News
Elizabeth Warren has a plan to save capitalism
- 16 Oct 2017
- News
Handgun waiting period laws save lives, study says
- 14 Nov 2019
- Video
Health Minute: Good Management Can Save Your Life
- Article
Liquidity in Retirement Savings Systems: An International Comparison
By: John Beshears, James J. Choi, Joshua Hurwitz, David Laibson and Brigitte C. Madrian
We compare the liquidity that six developed countries have built into their employer-based defined contribution (DC) retirement schemes. In Germany, Singapore, and the UK, withdrawals are essentially banned no matter what kind of transitory income shock the household... View Details
Keywords: Saving; Financial Liquidity; Retirement; Canada; Germany; Australia; United Kingdom; United States; Singapore
Beshears, John, James J. Choi, Joshua Hurwitz, David Laibson, and Brigitte C. Madrian. "Liquidity in Retirement Savings Systems: An International Comparison." American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings 105, no. 5 (May 2015): 420–425.
- 2003
- Other Unpublished Work
A Review of Commitment Savings Products in Developing Countries
By: Nava Ashraf, Nathalie Gons, Dean Karlan and Wesley Yin
Ashraf, Nava, Nathalie Gons, Dean Karlan, and Wesley Yin. "A Review of Commitment Savings Products in Developing Countries." ERD Working Paper, July 2003.
- May 2006
- Article
Tying Odysseus to the Mast: Evidence from a Commitment Savings Product in the Philippines
By: Nava Ashraf, Dean Karlan and Wesley Yin
We designed a commitment savings product for a Philippine bank and implemented it using a randomized control methodology. The savings product was intended for individuals who want to commit now to restrict access to their savings, and who were sophisticated enough to... View Details
Ashraf, Nava, Dean Karlan, and Wesley Yin. "Tying Odysseus to the Mast: Evidence from a Commitment Savings Product in the Philippines." Quarterly Journal of Economics 121, no. 2 (May 2006): 635–672. (Winner of TIAA-CREF Paul A. Samuelson Award Certificate of Excellence For an outstanding research publication containing ideas that the public and private sectors can use to maintain and improve America's lifelong financial well being presented by TIAA-CREF Institute.)
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Uniting business, industry, and governments to save the planet
governments like South Africa and Bhutan and even China, investing in sustainability," says Roberts, who hopes to do more to get the US government out of gridlock and into the fight to save the world from climate change and... View Details
- 15 Nov 1989 - 16 Nov 1989
- Lecture
The Causes and Implications of Japan's High Savings Rate
By: W. Carl Kester
- 2010
- Chapter
The Impact of Employer Matching on Savings Plan Participation under Automatic Enrollment
By: John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson and Brigitte C. Madrian
Existing research has documented the large impact that automatic enrollment has on savings plan participation. All the companies examined in these studies, however, have combined automatic enrollment with an employer match. This raises a question about how effective... View Details
Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Consumer Behavior; Personal Finance; Investment Funds; Microeconomics; Compensation and Benefits
Beshears, John, James J. Choi, David Laibson, and Brigitte C. Madrian. "The Impact of Employer Matching on Savings Plan Participation under Automatic Enrollment." In Research Findings in the Economics of Aging, edited by David A. Wise, 311–327. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2010.
- 28 Apr 2020
- Blog Post
A Crash Course in Saving a Family Business
story in an authentic way that resonates with customers. “Jiyoon is an incredible self-starter, deeply loyal to her family, and amazingly hands on. I'm inspired by her,” says Endline. “I think coming home from HBS, doing her regular schoolwork, and creating an... View Details
- 29 Jan 2018
- Book
How 'Teaming' Saved 33 Lives in the Chilean Mining Disaster
Workers test the NASA-engineered capsule used to lift trapped miners to the surface. Hugo Infante/Government of Chile via Wikimedia Commons (Editor's Note: Amy Edmondson advises managers to think of teams as a verb, "teaming," which means to proactively build and... View Details
- 2010
- Book
Buy-In: Saving Your Good Idea from Getting Shot Down
By: John P. Kotter and Lorne A. Whitehead
You've got a good idea. You know it could make a crucial difference for you, your organization, your community. You present it to the group but get confounding questions, inane comments, and verbal bullets in return. Before you know what's happened, your idea is dead,... View Details
Keywords: Communication Intention and Meaning; Cost vs Benefits; Problems and Challenges; Interests; Value
Kotter, John P., and Lorne A. Whitehead. Buy-In: Saving Your Good Idea from Getting Shot Down. Harvard Business Review Press, 2010.
- 10 Mar 2011
- News
Warren Adams: Searching for profits and saving Patagonia
- 12 Aug 2016
- News
Case Study: How Would You Save This Farm?
- 24 May 2016
- News