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- 05 May 2009
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First Look: May 5, 2009
two network surveys supported these hypotheses. Cases & Course MaterialsAFSCME vs. Mozilo...and "Say on Pay" for All! (A) (Abridged) Harvard Business School Case 309-101 Richard Ferlauto, director of pensions and benefits... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Jun 2012
- Research & Ideas
Better by the Bunch: Evaluating Job Candidates in Groups
the book was to show that we can start changing environments to make it easier for our minds, which aren't perfectly rational and don't absorb information perfectly, to succeed in life," Bohnet explains. While the book's authors applied their theory to policy... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 08 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 8
retirement crisis in the wake of the dot-com crash, when companies in major industries went bankrupt in large part because of their inability to meet their pension obligations. The result was an acceleration of America's shift away from... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 20 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 20
http://icc.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/dtq013?ijkey=WB7zzaO3bsqcw4t&keytype=ref Pension Fund Design in Developing Economies Author: Luis M. Viceira Publication: In Evaluating the Financial Performance of View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Nov 2014
- Op-Ed
A Challenge to the New Congress: Pass Housing Finance Reform
will we need to assume the "first loss" position and protect taxpayers? Is it $500 billion, reflecting a 10 percent capital buffer? Or will $250 billion (5 percent) suffice? Pick a figure. We cannot proceed without one. Who will provide the private capital?... View Details
- 09 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 9
Cases & Course MaterialsLeading by Values: Sam Palmisano and IBM William W. GeorgeHarvard Business School Case 411-097 An abstract is unavailable at this time. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/411097-PDF-ENG Note on U.S. View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
What the World Could Learn from America's Immigration Backlash—100 Years Ago
help societies cope with aging, both by working in nursing homes and assisting older natives and by contributing to the pension system. But what about Europe? Besides economic structure, Europe—and to some extent the US—today differs from... View Details
Keywords: by Marco Tabellini
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance
industry, are very crude. At a minimum, we should make sure that every business school graduate understands where the legal lines are and why respect for the law is so critical to a successful capitalist system.—Constance Bagley Third, investors in mutual funds and... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 17 Nov 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
How Activist Investors Became Respectable
described as a vulture capitalist, now gets a serious hearing when he urges Apple to make better use of its billions in cash or Dell to improve the terms of a management buyout. Today, university endowments and state pension funds invest... View Details
- 23 Nov 1999
- Research & Ideas
The Future of the Venture Capital Cycle
financial product. The supply of venture capital is also likely to continue growing. Within the past two years, numerous pension funds have invested in private equity for the first time. Many experienced investors have also decided to... View Details
- 13 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why Global Investments Are Still a Good Bet
money when those shocks occur. “They should be less concerned about that, because they can ride out those waves,” says Viceira. Thus, for investors looking beyond a 10- to 20-year time frame—including individuals saving for retirement, college endowments, foundations,... View Details
- 01 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1
Case 317-044 Vicki Fuller: Chief Investment Officer of New York State's $150+ Billion Employee Pension Fund Vicki Fuller traveled from a four-room tenement bordering Chicago’s infamous Cabrini-Green housing projects to speaking at... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 23
behavioral biases or informational limitations. These explanations imply that absent behavioral or informational effects, larger menus would be objectively better. However, in an important economic context—401(k) pension plans—we find... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Hedge Fund as Activist
removal of a poison pill (a device that makes it difficult for a firm to be acquired), ask for a share repurchase or dividend increase, or, in extreme cases, ask for the removal of the CEO. While a few pension funds, like CalPERS, have... View Details
- 24 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Something Ventured, Something Gained: A European View of Venture Capital
stamp of approval in the marketplace." U.S. venture funds didn't put on much muscle, however, until 1978, when pension funds got the green light to pour greenbacks into the coffers of venture capital and private equity firms. Some... View Details
- 07 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 7, 2009
Mozilo ... and 'Say on Pay' for All! (A) Harvard Business School Case 109-009 Union seeks to protect its pension funds through shareholder activism focused on corporate governance and executive compensation. The case uses Countrywide... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
Profits and Prophets: The Role of Values in Investment
provided a good return for a pension fund holder at some point, but that investor and society pay more in the end through increased health care costs. Hayes said that Domini's picture of a system run amok, with perhaps the need for a... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 3, 2006
breezes of change have been in evidence for a number of years, it remains true that most pensions and institutional investors maintain outsized allocations to active long-only (ALO) managers, with comparatively high fees. The question is:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 2, 2010
case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/711415-PDF-ENG Retiree Pension and Health Benefits David F. HawkinsHarvard Business School Note 111-033 Note on accounting for retiree pension and health benefits... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018
PFA Pension was the biggest commercial pension provider in Denmark. At the end of 2015, the company had decided to boost its investments into the alternative asset class, an area where it was lagging behind... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman