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  • 25 Jul 2011
  • Research & Ideas

How Disruptive Innovation is Remaking the University

in the relationships among faculty and administrators. University DNA is not only similar across institutions, it is also highly stable, having evolved over hundreds of years. Replication of the DNA occurs continuously, as each retiring... View Details
Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen & Henry J. Eyring; Education
  • 02 Jun 2011
  • What Do You Think?

Is it Time for a National Bankruptcy?

current tax rates or government benefit programs in retirement and health care—a big "if". Stating that net debt (financial liabilities minus financial assets) levels of 200 percent of gross domestic product are unsustainable,... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 10 Jul 2000
  • Research & Ideas

The State of the Markets

indices." Technology is a means to that end. Technology, Efficiency And An Aging Population From a macroeconomic perspective, Seifert pointed out, technologically advanced and efficient capital markets will play a key role as countries face a major demographic... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner
  • August 2019 (Revised September 2019)
  • Case

Dirk Nowitzki: Changing the Game

By: Boris Groysberg, Sascha L. Schmidt and Evan M.S. Hecht
NBA Superstar Dirk Nowitzki was unsure whether the 2018–2019 season would be his last as an NBA player. He had not faced such uncertainty since 1998, when he had navigated a difficult decision regarding the timing of his move to the NBA. He also did not know what he... View Details
Keywords: Career Decisions; Career Journey; ＂Sports Organizations,; Mentoring; Retirement; Sports; Performance; Training; Personal Development and Career; Sports Industry; United States
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  • 01 Dec 2003
  • What Do You Think?

Is This the Twilight Era for the Managed Mutual Fund?

As he says, "Linking management fees/rewards to fund performance would be very attractive to investors: Who can argue with shared ambition?" The importance of these questions lies in the heavy reliance that so many people deep into saving for View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 11 Mar 2015
  • Research & Ideas

How Do You Grade Out as a Negotiator?

then at least in the fog” "We negotiate, if not in the dark, then at least in the fog," says Michael Wheeler, a senior fellow at Harvard Business School and retired MBA Class of 1952 Professor of Management Practice, who taught... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 12 Nov 2008
  • First Look

First Look: November 12, 2008

more like a DB plan in the near future. Although this chapter focuses on a U.S. context and corporate pension plans, retirement and asset-management issues are a global challenge, and indeed, while the details vary across geopolitical... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 28 Jun 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Microfinance: A Way Out for the Poor

becoming a staff member. But I ended up retiring from Wall Street and being the president and CEO of ACCION International, which I then ran for seven years." In 2000 he handed the reins to "a superb number two" and with... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 21 Apr 2015
  • First Look

First Look: April 21

characterize the direct effects that changes in that price index would have on retirees who differ in their initial wealth at retirement and in their mortality rates after retirement. I propose a simple but flexible theoretical framework... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 May 2016
  • First Look

First Look, May 3, 2016

116-007 Dollar General Bids for Family Dollar In spring 2015, Dollar General's CEO Rick Dreiling was looking ahead to retiring at year's end but worried about ensuring continued growth for the company he had built since 2008 into a market... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Jul 2015
  • First Look

First Look: July 14, 2015

https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/PEL073-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 515-102 AIP Healthcare Japan: Investing in Japan's Retirement Home Market The CEO of a health-care based REIT is considering alternative nursing home... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • September 1992
  • Background Note

Accounting for Post-retirement Benefits

By: William J. Bruns Jr., David F. Hawkins and Marc H. Zablatsky
Keywords: Accounting; Compensation and Benefits; Retirement
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  • February 2004 (Revised July 2004)
  • Background Note

Retiree Benefit Note Analysis

By: David F. Hawkins
Walks the reader through the retiree benefit note disclosures required by SFAS 132, which were revised in 2003. View Details
Keywords: Retirement; Accounting; Standards; Compensation and Benefits
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  • 08 Sep 2015
  • First Look

September 8, 2015

(CTE)—a neurodegenerative disease that had a strong influence on a person's mental and physical health—most likely as a result of repetitive hits sustained during their football careers and that may have contributed to their deaths. Over 4,000 View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 29 Aug 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 29

client portfolios. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/410139-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 317-121 Pho Hoa Dorchester Pho Hoa is a traditional, family-owned Vietnamese restaurant in Dorchester, Massachusetts that opened in 1992. As he... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Nov 2014
  • First Look

First Look: November 25

emerged in recent years as a flashpoint of debate in the United States. I characterize the direct effects that changes in that price index would have on retirees who differ in their initial wealth at retirement and mortality rates after... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 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
  • 18 Sep 2007
  • First Look

First Look: September 18, 2007

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=608062 The U.S. Retirement Savings Market and the Pension Protection Act of 2006 Harvard Business School Note 207-130 Provides an overview of the evolution of the private... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 2022
  • Working Paper

Optimal Illiquidity

By: John Beshears, James J. Choi, Christopher Clayton, Christopher Harris, David Laibson and Brigitte C. Madrian
We calculate the socially optimal level of illiquidity in an economy populated by households with taste shocks and naive present bias. The government chooses mandatory contributions to accounts, each witha different pre-retirement withdrawal penalty. Collected... View Details
Keywords: Illiquidity; Commitment; Flexibility; Savings; Social Security; Retirement; Government Legislation; Taxation; Saving
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  • 27 Dec 2010
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty on 2010’s Biggest Business Developments

approximately $8 trillion. As the ratio of retired people receiving benefits to working people paying into the system increases, there will be an ever-increasing deficit confronting the government. Even more problematic is the fact the... View Details
Keywords: by Staff

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