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- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Off Script
(Thinkstock) Prescription drug spending increased by more than 13 percent in the United States in 2014, raising health insurance premiums and the ire of consumers and politicians. The reasons behind the rise are many, including the high... View Details
- 20 Mar 2025
- Blog Post
Scaling Climate Tech Innovation with Lee Scott (MBA 2023)
infrastructure—e.g., low carbon cement, green fertilizers, ocean alkalinity enhancement. How do you see your current role and/or company having an impact on climate change? For novel climate tech startups, it is incredibly challenging to View Details
- 30 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Vanguard, Trian And The Problem With 'Passive' Index Funds
Group, Inc. in 2015: Celebrating 40. Co-written with HBS finance professor Adi Sunderam along with Allison M. Ciechanover (HBS MBA 2002), director of the HBS California Research Center, the case looks at the current state of Vanguard,... View Details
- 17 Feb 2022
- News
A Big Bet
person’s social capital,” Chertavian told the New York Times. Palandjian’s Social Finance hopes to add more training partners this year; an independent research firm, MDRC, will evaluate the performance of the initiative. Over time,... View Details
- 25 Mar 2008
- News
Whistling Past the Graveyard
cite when claiming that the economy is basically doing OK. It was those “fundamentals” that Herbert Hoover was extolling just before the Great Depression hit. Some of the fundamentals, macro and micro, anecdotal and otherwise, that matter to the majority of Americans... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
No Place Like Home
the same time, housing of all kinds - for buyers and renters - has become more expensive precisely because of the country's prosperity. With the wages and purchasing power of working people largely stagnant over the last two decades, the... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 03 Sep 2020
- Op-Ed
Why American Health Care Needs Its Own SEC
medicine. They do not know if they received good value for the money. Partially as a result of this lack of transparency, increases in employers’ health care costs have outstripped inflation and workers’ wage increases for decades.... View Details
- 03 Apr 2006
- What Do You Think?
Has Globalization Reached Its Peak?
other disasters in one part of the world. Operating a lean organization in a global economy, the argument goes, results in more use of just-in-time inventory management and premium transportation for critical parts and other resources... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 23 Nov 1999
- Research & Ideas
The Future of the Venture Capital Cycle
long-run supply and demand conditions. In the short run, intense competition between private-equity groups may lead to a willingness to pay a premium for certain types of firms (e.g., firms specializing in tools and content for the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Speaking for the Airlines
that the attacks had caused financial damage that went well beyond losses in passenger revenues, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (September 20, 2001) reported. "Many insurance companies have notified airlines of astronomic premium increases,"... View Details
- 17 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
New Treasury Rules Help Long-Retirement Planning
annuities without concern about complying with this annual distribution requirement. Moreover, the amended rules apply to longevity annuities even if they allow the premiums to be returned to the retirement account of an annuitant who... View Details
- 28 Aug 2017
- Research & Ideas
Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?
could be better off financially in the future compared to other firms, it does not mean that the action is enough to make a meaningful contribution to the problem. For example, a firm might be better off by lifting wages for lower-level... View Details
- 24 Jul 2013
- Op-Ed
Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In
some continue to pay a substantial portion of Medicare premiums for their retirees. Moreover, other cities finance better benefits for their retirees than those provided by Medicare. Cities could require... View Details
- 25 Feb 2025
- Blog Post
Alumni Career Journey: Lee Scott (MBA 2023) - Scaling Climate Tech Innovation
infrastructure—e.g., low carbon cement, green fertilizers, ocean alkalinity enhancement. How do you see your current role and/or company having an impact on climate change? For novel climate tech startups, it is incredibly challenging to View Details
- 2025
- Working Paper
The Hidden Costs of Flexible Labor Models: How Working Multiple Jobs Affects Employees
By: Paige Tsai and Ryan W. Buell
As operations increasingly rely upon flexible labor models—such as gig, part-time, and remote work—it has become commonplace for individuals to work multiple jobs. Across three studies, relying on a combination of transaction-level data from 90,548 customers of a... View Details
Keywords: Behavioral Operations; Employee Behavior; Job Design; Sustainable Operations; Job Design and Levels; Personal Finance; Well-being; Happiness; Satisfaction; Wages
Tsai, Paige, and Ryan W. Buell. "The Hidden Costs of Flexible Labor Models: How Working Multiple Jobs Affects Employees." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 25-036, January 2025. (Revised June 2025.)
- Article
Human Capital and the Future of Work: Implications for Investors and ESG Integration
By: Sakis Kotsantonis and George Serafeim
Human capital development (HCD) is a key consideration for most companies, but only recently have investors focused on understanding the risks and opportunities related to human capital with the emergence of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investment... View Details
Keywords: Future Of Work; ESG; Employee Engagement; Employee Compensation; Human Capital; Human Resources; Employees; Compensation and Benefits; Wages
Kotsantonis, Sakis, and George Serafeim. "Human Capital and the Future of Work: Implications for Investors and ESG Integration." Journal of Financial Transformation 51 (April 2020): 115–130.
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Vision: Into the Breach
cyber-insurance market: As claims pour in for losses due to everything from business disruptions to extortion, major carriers are raising premiums and reducing coverage. Not everyone is retrenching, however. In 2021, cyber-insurance... View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand
- 28 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 28, 2008
off if platforms were compatible, the quest for market dominance by competing platform providers prevents them from agreeing to a common standard. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-058.pdf The Economics of Structured View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Oct 2006
- Op-Ed
Fixing Executive Options: The Veil of Ignorance
The latest corporate governance crisis is buried in the details of executive compensation contracts. Don't like the timing of the stock option grant you got or the strike price of the contract? No worries! It turns out that this is nothing an eraser can't fix. While... View Details
Keywords: by Mihir Desai & Joshua Margolis
- November 1994
- Case
Navistar International
By: Stuart C. Gilson and Jeremy Cott
As a consequence of laying off half its workforce in a massive downsizing program, the company--a large manufacturer of medium and heavy trucks--struggles with a huge ($2.6 billion) liability for retiree medical costs. Although the company has promised its retirees... View Details
Keywords: Negotiation Process; Wages; Labor Unions; Legal Liability; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Restructuring
Gilson, Stuart C., and Jeremy Cott. "Navistar International." Harvard Business School Case 295-030, November 1994.