Pensions - Publications - Faculty & Research

07 Apr 2011
What Do You Think?

When Should the Public Sector Take Over in a Meltdown?

Regardless of whether their problems were of their own making, there were those who argued that the immense health and pension obligations and non-competitive compensation structures of these companies represented a situation "out of... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Energy; Utilities

12 Jan 2004
Research & Ideas

Does Your HQ Operation Fit With Corporate Strategy?

such as pension administration or IT, that are made available to the business units should also be subject to a market test, even if they can be quite large. It is really only the value adding functions—corporate R&D (if the firm has... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

13 Nov 2000
Research & Ideas

Corporate Venturing: Entrepreneurship on the Inside

pension plan but want to go out and do something exciting," said Saluja. "The core businesses themselves are bleeding the talent out at a pretty high rate. "Almost everybody is looking at how do you really get something... View Details

Keywords: by Kenneth Liss

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

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Banking; Financial Services; Construction; Real Estate

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

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

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese; Financial Services

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 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

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Banking; Financial Services

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

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