Pension - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2002
News

Books

and of another serious setback for further privatization of pensions in America.” When All Else Fails by David A. Moss (Harvard University Press) Although Associate Professor David Moss completed his draft of When All Else Fails:... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

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

Keywords: by Robin Greenwood; Financial Services

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

Keywords: by James E. Aisner; Financial Services

01 Dec 2005
News

Trillion-Dollar Fixer-Upper

driven by hard-charging entrepreneurs wielding private capital, the new one is driven by professional investors working for or on behalf of deep-pocketed institutions, like pension funds and endowments. Even individual investors can buy a... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Real Estate

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

05 May 2009
First Look

First Look: May 5, 2009

two network surveys supported these hypotheses. Cases & Course MaterialsAFSCME vs. Mozilo...and "Say on Pay" for All! (A) (Abridged) Harvard Business School Case 309-101 Richard Ferlauto, director of pensions and benefits... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Mar 2006
News

Drive-In Nation

government-funded pensions and health insurance). And Detroit’s troubles magnify — and perhaps exacerbate — the fact that across industries, traditional understandings and loyalties between employers and employees are breaking down.... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers; Retail Trade

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

07 Apr 2009
First Look

First Look: April 7, 2009

Mozilo ... and 'Say on Pay' for All! (A) Harvard Business School Case 109-009 Union seeks to protect its pension funds through shareholder activism focused on corporate governance and executive compensation. The case uses Countrywide... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

18 Feb 2021
Blog Post

SIPs in 2021

the four days focused on a separate strategy: public market opportunities and risks, large scale investments through pension funds, measuring and integrating physical risks into investments, and scaling early stage technology solutions.... View Details

25 Aug 2022
News

Full Stream Ahead

With its ability to hold steady and provide a regular return, rather than bounce around in time with the volatile stock market, music also starts to look more attractive as a non-correlated risk. The extra yield is especially appealing to institutional investors like... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

19 Jun 2012
First Look

First Look: June 19

between two broad, general varieties of state capitalism: one through majority control of publicly traded companies (e.g., state-controlled SOEs) and a hybrid form that relies on minority investments in companies by development banks, View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Sep 2024
Blog Post

Climate Finance in Africa: Health, Self-Interest, Avoided Future Cost

private money from insurance companies, pension funds, endowments, sovereign funds, and high net worth individuals currently invested in global fixed income securities, mostly earning near zero real yields. How can this capital find... View Details

06 Aug 2024
Op-Ed

What the World Could Learn from America's Immigration Backlash—100 Years Ago

help societies cope with aging, both by working in nursing homes and assisting older natives and by contributing to the pension system. But what about Europe? Besides economic structure, Europe—and to some extent the US—today differs from... View Details

Keywords: by Marco Tabellini

Web

Working at Harvard Business School | Employment

Account program and a variety of generous, competitive pension plans. Learning & Development Harvard Business School (HBS) is committed to the professional development and growth of its staff. In service to the School’s mission of... View Details

02 Nov 2010
First Look

First Look: November 2, 2010

case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/711415-PDF-ENG Retiree Pension and Health Benefits David F. HawkinsHarvard Business School Note 111-033 Note on accounting for retiree pension and health benefits... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 May 2003
Research & Ideas

Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance

industry, are very crude. At a minimum, we should make sure that every business school graduate understands where the legal lines are and why respect for the law is so critical to a successful capitalist system.—Constance Bagley Third, investors in mutual funds and... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler

17 May 2010
Research & Ideas

What Brazil Teaches About Investor Protection

corporate standards in Brazil improved enormously, not only because the regulator became tougher and introduced more transparent disclosure standards, but also because there was a big movement to improve corporate governance led by View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Banking; Financial Services

17 Nov 2015
Lessons from the Classroom

How Activist Investors Became Respectable

described as a vulture capitalist, now gets a serious hearing when he urges Apple to make better use of its billions in cash or Dell to improve the terms of a management buyout. Today, university endowments and state pension funds invest... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Fuller; Financial Services; Banking

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