retirement - Publications - Faculty & Research

2020
Working Paper

Cutting the Gordian Knot of Employee Health Care Benefits and Costs: A Corporate Model Built on Employee Choice

By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Barak D. Richman

The U.S. employer-based health insurance tax exclusion created a system of employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) with limited insurance choices and transparency that may lock employed households into health plans that are costlier or different from those they prefer to... View Details

Keywords: After-tax Income; Consumer-driven Health Care; Health Care Costs; Health Insurance; Income Inequality; Tax Policy; Health Care and Treatment; Cost; Insurance; Employees; Income; Taxation; Policy; United States

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Building From the Bottom Up - Managing the Future of Work

Employees Are Also Caregivers Re: Joseph Fuller 22 May 2025 | Broadcast Retirement Network How AI is reshaping HR Re: Joseph Fuller 21 Apr 2025 | Charter Read the Report Read View Details

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C. Roland Christensen - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

authority on case method teaching. Christensen joined the Harvard Business School (HBS) faculty in 1946, and although he formally retired in 1990, he continued to write, teach, and offer seminars on Case Method teaching until the last... View Details

01 Dec 2023
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Rounding the Bend

closets over the last year: the retired styles, outgrown sizes, anything you let go because it was no longer sparking joy. Now estimate how many clothes you’ve bought secondhand. “If you’re like most people, the first number is far... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade; Apparel Manufacturing; Manufacturing

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Women at HBS - Alumni

alumnae's experiences at and beyond HBS. 800 alumni attended the two-day W50 Summit on campus April 4–5, 2013 to celebrate the anniversary; hear keynote speakers Karen Gordon Mills (MBA 1977), Administrator of the US Small Business Administration; Ann Moore (MBA 1978),... View Details

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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

Roberts recently retired as the MBA Class of 1961 Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School. He spent 25 years on the HBS faculty, serving for the last 16 years as the Executive Director of the Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship. In... View Details

23 Oct 2000
Research & Ideas

The Strategy-Focused Organization

of dollars of initiatives will be shifted by it. When the changes are integrated into the management system in this way, the change has been institutionalized. The role of the Executive Leadership Team evolved over time. Bob McCool View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton

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Professional Development - Alumni

Help Salary Data & Statistics Access alumni compensation data to help inform your next move. Learn More Past Program Resources The Challenge of Negotiating Inside Your Company Michael Wheeler Retired Professor of Management Practice Our... View Details

20 Dec 2022
Op-Ed

Employee Feedback: The Key to Retention During the Great Resignation

well-being of our customers and the people we serve first”—and requires senior teams at every level to foster repeated honest conversations with lower levels about whether their unit is practicing that credo. According to recently retired... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Beer

01 Aug 1998
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Spangler Family Gift Endows New Campus Center

C.D. ("Dick") Spangler, Jr. (MBA '56), the recently retired president of the University of North Carolina, has made a lifelong habit of answering what he terms "life's cold calls of responsibility." To a gathering of graduating HBS... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

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Career Re-Entry & Flexible Work - Alumni

Planned, yet premature retirement Re-examination of commitments, “soul searching” Whether you anticipate a career break, or wish to position yourself favorably in the event of an unplanned job loss, you can take steps now to make re-entry... View Details

13 Feb 2012
Research & Ideas

The Case Against Racial Colorblindness

performance Norton says. He cites a recent incident in which several retired high-ranking US military leaders publicly supported a Supreme Court decision in favor of affirmative action in university admissions. "Their point was that... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Leadership - Health Care

Hamermesh oversaw its inception and development from 2005 to 2015. Professor Hamermesh retired in the spring of 2015, but he remains involved with the Initiative on an advisory basis. Casey Otis Director Casey oversees HCI’s overall... View Details

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After the Opium War: Treaty Ports and Compradors - A Chronicle of the China Trade

and later founded their own enterprises. 25 Augustine Heard retired from his role as active head of the company in 1844. He would never return to China. In June 1844, the firm announced its new partners: John Heard, George Basil Dixwell,... View Details

15 Nov 2023
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Sound Investment

Steven Rogers outside the Second Church of Christ, Scientist, Evanston, Illinois (photo by Gay Riseborough) Steven Rogers outside the Second Church of Christ, Scientist, Evanston, Illinois (photo by Gay Riseborough) Retired senior... View Details

Keywords: diversity; equity; inclusion

19 Jul 2017
Research & Ideas

Why Government 'Nudges' Motivate Good Citizen Behavior

to do, like save for retirement—which are both for the good of society and for their own good. Here’s an example. On the first day of a new job, the paperwork is coming at you fast and furious, including a packet of information about how to sign up for the View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Media Coverage - Managing the Future of Work

Broadcast Retirement Network Your Employees Are Also Caregivers Re: Joseph Fuller 21 Apr 2025 Charter How AI is reshaping HR Re: Joseph Fuller Harvard Magazine The New Gender Gaps Re: Joseph Fuller 19 Mar 2025 Me, Myself, and AI... View Details

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Hidden Workers, Part-Time Potential - Managing the Future of Work

Re: Raffaella Sadun 12 Jun 2025 | HBS Working Knowledge Your Employees Are Also Caregivers Re: Joseph Fuller 22 May 2025 | Broadcast Retirement Network How AI is reshaping HR Re: Joseph Fuller 21 Apr 2025 | Charter View Details

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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni

industry conferences. Recently retired as CEO of TotalEnergies Ventures, Nadkarni has served as advisor to the World Economic Forum and was on the selection committee for the WEF Technology Pioneers for several years. In 2021, Nadkarni... View Details

09 Jun 2015
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Yat-Pang (MBA 2000) and Helina Au

the HBS experience as he has: “It has opened doors that I didn’t even know existed.” (December 2015) Learn how you, too, can give back by naming HBS as a beneficiary of your will, trust, or retirement plan. View Details

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