Publications

February 2022
Article

Borrowing to Save? The Impact of Automatic Enrollment on Debt

By: John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson, Brigitte C. Madrian and William L. Skimmyhorn

Does automatic enrollment into a retirement plan increase financial distress due to increased borrowing outside the plan? We study a natural experiment created when the U.S. Army began automatically enrolling newly hired civilian employees into the Thrift Savings Plan.... View Details

Keywords: Retirement Savings; Automatic Enrollment; Choice Architecture; Nudge; Financial Distress; Retirement; Saving; Borrowing and Debt; Behavior

Keywords: Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development

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Profile

Shaila Ittycheria

In college, Shaila Ittycheria found an attraction to business and finance. To understand the practical application of finance in a variety of settings, she entered Microsoft's Finance Rotation Program.... View Details

01 Mar 2010
News

Faculty Books

mission statements of many business schools talk about developing leaders, these same schools produce little serious research about leadership. To fill this void, Professors Nohria and Khurana and scholars from fields as diverse as... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management

25 Jun 2018
News

Incubating Ideas for the ‘Water Economy’

Tamin Pechet (MBA 2007) founded and manages a platform of firms that support and invest in innovative water and infrastructure resources. He is CEO of Upwell, chairman of Imagine H2O, and founder of Banyan Water. In this interview, he talks about View Details

19 May 2016
Blog Post

5 Lessons from Business School

presentation or attending an academic review session, I chose the company presentation knowing that this choice aligned with my priorities. It helps to make those tough trade-off decisions a little easier. 4. You will not be the only person who did not take View Details

Student-Profile

Rowan Clarke

development nonprofit, to research solar microenterprises in Rwanda. In partnership with IPA—and as a principal investigator on several projects—Rowan investigated the impact and efficacy of business View Details

Web

Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services... View Details

Web

Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services... View Details

16 Nov 2010
News

Bullish On Harare

28 Aug 2019
Blog Post

Know Your Audience: Recruiting HBS Students for Investment Banking

Director and Career Coach Renee Pappastratis – Recruiting Relations Manager Kurt and Renee work closely with students interested in banking and assist investment banks with their recruiting strategy. They bring a combined 18 years of experience working in Career &... View Details

January 1998 (Revised December 1998)
Case

NSK Software Technologies Ltd.

By: Paul A. Gompers and Jeffrey M. Anapolsky

Discusses the efforts of three Israeli software engineers' efforts to bring a network security software product to market. The firm needs an investment to complete programming and start marketing. View Details

Keywords: Applications and Software; Financing and Loans; Product Development; Information Technology Industry; Israel

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August 2008 (Revised June 2012)
Case

Martingale Asset Management LP in 2008, 130/30 Funds, and a Low-Volatility Strategy

By: Luis M. Viceira and Helen Tung

In early July of 2008, William (Bill) Jacques, Chief Investment Officer at Martingale Asset Management, a quantitative value-oriented investment manager in Boston, Massachusetts, was busy preparing for an upcoming meeting with the group that made new product decisions... View Details

Keywords: Volatility; Asset Management; Stocks; Financial Strategy; Investment Funds; Product Development

Educators

Article

Using Fresh Starts to Nudge Increased Retirement Savings

By: John Beshears, Hengchen Dai, Katherine L. Milkman and Shlomo Benartzi

We conducted a field experiment to study the effect of framing future moments in time as new beginnings (or “fresh starts”). University employees (N=6,082) received mailings with an opportunity to choose between increasing their contributions to a savings plan... View Details

Keywords: Choice Architecture; Randomized Field Experiment; Savings; New Beginning; Fresh Start; Saving; Retirement; Behavior

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January 2010
Case

Opportunities in Business and Life after Virgin Money: Asheesh Advani

Asheesh Advani is in an enviable position for a successful entrepreneur: he has sold his business and is trying to decide what to do with the next phase of his life. For the first two years after selling CircleLending—a pioneer in the person-to-person lending field—to... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Investment; Managerial Roles; Personal Development and Career

22 Jun 2010
First Look

First Look: June 22

on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, edited by David Audretsch, Oliver Falck, and Stephan Heblich. Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., forthcoming Abstract Financing constraints are one of the biggest concerns impacting... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

July 19, 2011
Article

Retirement Challenges for Financial Advisers

By: Robert C. Pozen

Keywords: Retirement; Problems and Challenges; Finance

January 2012 (Revised February 2013)
Teaching Note

Dimensional Fund Advisors (DFA)'s Entry into the Retirement Market (TN)

By: Lauren Cohen, Christopher Malloy and Timothy Gray

Keywords: Retirement; Investment Funds; Financial Services Industry

May 2010 (Revised September 2020)
Background Note

A Note on Real Estate Research

By: Arthur I Segel, Griffin James, Ann Cullen, Kathryn FitzGerald and Austin Haley

This note provides a comprehensive research guide for real estate students, professionals, and executives. It includes lists of real estate industry trade organizations, publicly available research resources, books, and journals relevant to a wide range of financial... View Details

Keywords: Real Estate; Property; Investment; Research; Personal Development and Career; Real Estate Industry

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