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- 05 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 5, 2008
Cohen and Breno Schmidt Abstract We explore a new channel for attracting inflows using a unique dataset of corporate 401(k) retirement plans and their mutual fund family trustees. Families secure substantial... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Tim Butler
Dr. Timothy Butler is a Senior Fellow on the HBS faculty and is the faculty advisor to HBS Career and Professional Development. He is an expert in the area of business career decision-making and the author of many books, psychological assessments, academic papers, and... View Details
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Michelle Shell & Ryan Buell
anxiety impacts the quality of a financial planning experience and the integrity of the resulting financial plan, both of which will impact customer satisfaction. The financial services industry has acknowledged that View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2014
who might prefer guaranteed tax-free retirement income not subject to Wall Street market fluctuations. The Tanner Extraction by Frank X. Biasi (PMD 41, 1981) F.X. Biasi Falling in Love Backwards: An Unlikely Tale of Happily Ever After by... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Pamela Thomas Graham
giving advice and not being in the position to actually execute it." Today, as president and CEO of CNBC, the financial news network viewed in almost 200 million households worldwide, the Detroit native's job is all about execution. Her dual role includes overseeing... View Details
- 25 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 25
pitch on the tennis court alongside his partner, retired professional tennis star Andre Agassi, and Andre's wife, retired professional tennis star Steffi Graf, he realized he would encounter more resistance... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Sep 2019
- News
Hollywood Ending
overlapping board work and corporate partnerships. “If I wasn’t the first person to call, I was darn close,” he says. “I asked her what she was going to do.” “I told Jeffrey I was going to retire and think about what else to do,” Whitman... View Details
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Working at Harvard Business School | Employment
holiday, sick time, and family leave policies. Medical & Dental Quality and affordability are the hallmarks of Harvard's medical and dental plans. Work/Life Balance Harvard offers an array of resources for working parents. Retirement... View Details
- 23 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Setting the Stage: A Young Scholar at HBS
consider the extent to which the evolution of these financial services have shaped personal opportunities and lifecycle planning—from the attainment of education during youth, to homeownership during middle age, to retirement savings... View Details
- 31 Jan 2025
- News
New York, Boston Alumni Volunteer to Boost Small Businesses
When the HBS Club of New York (HBSCNY) launched its Small Business Partnership Initiative (SBPI) in 2020, its goal was to simply help small businesses survive the COVID pandemic with guidance from a small group of volunteer alumni advisors. Now, nearly five years on,... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Hawes Family Funds New Classroom Building
instruction. The initial phases of planning and design have just begun, with construction anticipated to commence in the summer of 2000 and completion scheduled for late 2001. Hawes retired last year as... View Details
- 11 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Wired and Black: Focus on Careers
continue to learn, and plan for the long term rather than retirement at 30. "The economic changes allow us to change the rules and make new rules," said panelist and HBS professor David A. Thomas.... View Details
Keywords: by Carrie Levine
- 20 Feb 2014
- News
Managing the World’s Trouble Spots
global emergencies. His work included the planning and delivery of humanitarian aid during the war in Afghanistan—an experience he found both powerful and frustrating. When a US town raised money to donate an ambulance to the Afghan... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Business Answers the Call
of Hazleton Laboratories Corporation, a Virginia research and laboratory-services company, Nielsen returned to his native Washington State. “I had retired early and decided to devote the balance of my working life to something totally... View Details
- 02 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
Paul’s Sabbatical Story: Hypothesis-testing by sabbaticals
the eco-lodge showed him that there’s no such thing as utopia; he was surprised by things he missed—intellectual challenge and his community—back home. His time in Estonia proved to be just as valuable. He’s no longer pinning his hopes for happiness on View Details
- 18 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 18, 2007
2006. Examines the possible impact that public litigation will have on the two firms. The impact of the litigation will be different for each firm because they are at dissimilar development stages and plan to employ distinct investment... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
7 Successful Battle Strategies to Beat COVID-19
continuously update plans and actions against rapidly shifting challenges. 1. Pierce the fog of war Carl von Clausewitz, a Prussian general and military theorist, coined the term "fog of war." He understood that a strategy... View Details
Keywords: by Euvin Naidoo
- 08 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 8
crisis without an explosion or a meltdown. Publisher's link: http://hbr.org/2014/07/how-the-other-fukushima-plant-survived/ar/1 July-August 2014 Harvard Business Review The Crisis in Retirement Planning By:... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 16 Jul 2024
- Op-Ed
Corporate Boards Are Failing in Their No. 1 Duty
incident, but then, under the aggressive leadership of John Stumpf and consumer banking head Carrie Tolstedt, the company created 3.3 million fictious consumer accounts. This led to Stumpf’s forced retirement and his replacement by COO... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Retirement's Changing Face
certain wariness of what one alum referred to as “the dreaded ‘R’ word.” “I look forward to being completely retired — after my funeral, maybe,” wrote one member of the Class of 1960 for his 40th Reunion profile. “Retirement is not on my... View Details
Keywords: Personal Services