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- 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
- 04 Apr 2019
- Cold Call Podcast
Can Mark Zuckerberg Rebuild Trust in Facebook?
George: I teach governance and serve on many corporate boards, and I can tell you that once you make the decision to go from a wholly-owned private company to go public, you're getting public money, you're getting investor money, pension... View Details
Keywords: Re: Daniel Rabetti
- 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
- 29 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Entrepreneurial Venture: A Conversation
First, there were changes in ERISA (Employee Retirement Income Security Act) legislation that allowed pension funds to invest in private equity; second, the growth of the microprocessor and the semiconductor; and third, the rise of... View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
- 06 Jan 2012
- Op-Ed
Where Green Corporate Ratings Fail
Are Influential Corporate sustainability rankings are an influential tool that guides consumers' spending decisions, helps jobseekers select employers, improves workplace environment and morale, and informs socially-conscious investments and 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
- 20 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 20, 2008
labor materially alters pre-retirement portfolio choice by significantly raising optimal equity holdings. Using this model, we also investigate the welfare costs of constraining portfolio allocations over the life-cycle to mimic popular default investment choices in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 6, 2007
knowledge-based organization. Purchase this supplement: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=608073 Norway Sells Wal-Mart Harvard Business School Case 308-019 In June 2006, Norway's Pension Fund decided to divest... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Lehman Brothers Plus Five: Have We Learned from Our Mistakes?
probably witness higher inflation. We also know that our entitlement policies are unsustainable, that our unfunded pension liabilities take their toll on millions of retired workers, and that those on fixed incomes are being clobbered by... View Details
- 04 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 4
GM, it is burdened with large pension and other retiree liabilities that threaten to push it into bankruptcy. Bauer-Martin is considering using various credit derivatives (credit default swaps, credit-linked notes, credit default swap... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 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
- 03 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 3, 2009
exhibits, which help to illustrate the firm's value proposition, its innovation-oriented culture, and its evolving organizational design. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=409047 The Canada View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Explaining China's Crash
pension money into equities, effectively nationalizing a piece of the market. Fortunately, the stock market is a rather small part of China’s economy. The total market capitalization is less than a third of GDP against the 100 percent or... View Details
- 09 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/518097-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 319-067 Should a Pension Fund Try to Change the World? Inside GPIF's Embrace of ESG In the fall of 2018, Hiro Mizuno, the Chief Investment Officer (CIO) of... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 21 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Excessive Executive Pay: What’s the Solution?
directors accountable to company owners." Major business groups lost no time denouncing the reform measures as vehicles for ceding enormous power to a small number of special-interest investors, namely, unions and public employee View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson
- 21 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Good Banks, Bad Banks, and Government’s Role as Fixer
Most books about the nation's financial crisis tell us what happened. In his new book, HBS senior lecturer Robert Pozen tells us how to fix the system. A financial industry veteran and chairman of MFS Investment Management, a Boston firm that oversees more than $170... View Details
- 04 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 4
be explained by choosers' 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) View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 17 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 17
campaign urging shareholders to vote against the merger. However, the National Pension Service (NPS)—a major shareholder of Samsung C&T—votes in favor of the deal. The case sheds lights on the political ties between the government and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 3
concentrated in hedge funds but is not present for investment advisors or pension funds. Overall, our results suggest that private meetings help a select group of investors make more informed trading decisions. Working Papers... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne