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  • 18 Nov 2008
  • First Look

First Look: November 18, 2008

using a unique dataset of corporate 401(k) retirement plans and their mutual fund family trustees. Families secure substantial inflows by being named the trustee of a 401(k) plan. We find that family trustees significantly overweight... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 13 Aug 2008
  • Research & Ideas

The Inner Life of Leaders

assessments came from correspondents like Neil Sheehan and David Halberstam. McNamara published a book years after he retired to reassess the Vietnam War and his role in it as secretary of defense. His main theme was the failure to... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 27 Aug 2013
  • First Look

First Look: August 27

simplifies the retirement savings plan participation decision. Individuals received an opportunity to enroll in a retirement savings plan at a pre-selected contribution rate and asset allocation, allowing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 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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  • 16 May 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Can Decades of Military Overspending be Fixed?

to minimize the conflicts associated with frequent turnover of military personnel and widespread military retirements to industry, while preserving the rights of individuals to careers in acquisition management. The basic goal of any... View Details
Keywords: by J. Ronald Fox; Service
  • 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
Keywords: by Laura Linard; Banking; Financial Services
  • 2012
  • Article

The Excess Burden of Government Indecision

By: Francisco J. Gomes, Laurence J. Kotlikoff and Luis M. Viceira
Governments are known for procrastinating when it comes to resolving painful policy problems. Whatever the political motives for waiting to decide, procrastination distorts economic decisions relative to what would arise with early policy resolution. In so doing, it... View Details
Keywords: Saving; Risk and Uncertainty; Investment Portfolio; Decision Choices and Conditions; Retirement; Policy; Government and Politics
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  • August 2010 (Revised September 2011)
  • Background Note

Retiree Pension and Health Benefits

By: David F. Hawkins
Note on accounting for retiree pension and health benefits under IFRS and U.S. GAAP. View Details
Keywords: Financial Reporting; International Accounting; Health Care and Treatment; Compensation and Benefits; Standards; Retirement; United States
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  • 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
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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
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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 Jan 2017
  • Research & Ideas

5 New Year's Resolutions You Can Keep (With the Help of Behavioral Science Research)

suggest that the mere provision of information on peer health behaviors can have perverse effects on one's health behavior." To learn more, see Converging to the Lowest Common Denominator in Physical Health by Leslie John and Michael Norton. If you have resolved to... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • December 1982 (Revised December 1984)
  • Case

Hi-Tech Corp.

By: Fred K. Foulkes and William E. Fruhan Jr.
Hi-Tech examines the financial implications of a reduction in the work force via a voluntary severance program which offers up to two and a half times annual pay if an employee voluntarily terminates employment. View Details
Keywords: Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Financial Management; Retirement; Employees; Compensation and Benefits; Corporate Finance; Technology Industry; Europe
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  • 03 May 2016
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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
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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
  • 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
  • 07 Aug 2000
  • Research & Ideas

The Business of Biotech

already have products on the market, as does Amgen, where Gordon M. Binder (MBA '62) served as CEO until his retirement last month (he will continue to serve as chairman through December). Amgen's Epogen (a treatment for anemia in kidney... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Biotechnology; Health; Technology
  • 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

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