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LeRoy A. Petersen
customers and on building high quality products that came with a guarantee of equally high quality service and repair operations. He also expanded the firm internationally, acquiring stakes in other companies and erecting offices abroad, so that by the time he View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
In Memoriam
HBS professor J. Keith Butters, an authority on finance and taxation, died in Lexington, Massachusetts, in December. He was 90. The Thomas D. Casserly Jr. Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, Butters retired from the HBS... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Francis J. Aguilar, 1932-2013
teacher, and a kind and caring person," said Dean Nitin Nohria. Aguilar, who was also involved in several HBS international education programs, continued to teach in retirement at the Harvard Extension School, most notably a popular... View Details
Keywords: obituary
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Mom Corps
have come, as retiring baby boomers deplete companies of skilled and experienced workers. And O’Kelly has found that there is no shortage of mothers looking for a kid-friendly route back to corporate America. Mom Corps, launched in 2005... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Bringing women to the boardroom table
placed, none were CEOs; all had expertise that exactly matched the client’s specifications: only three reported to a CEO, two had previous corporate board experience, one was known to someone on the board, two are rocket scientists, and one is a View Details
- 23 Apr 2014
- News
A corporate leader’s legacy in India
simple one—that I have always stood up for what I consider to be the right thing,” says Tata, who served as chairman of the Tata Group from 1991 until his retirement in 2012. The Mumbai-based firm now operates in 80 countries and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Uncorked
while also introducing its popular wine coolers, featuring the Bartles & Jaymes country-boy pitchmen. Last December, after almost 35 years at Gallo, McClelland retired and now devotes much of her time to raising prize-winning Morgan show... View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
typical financial and health-related advice on retirement, providing insights to guide you in broader areas: identity issues, relationship challenges, and questions about creating a new retirement life structure that works for you. View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Pearson Hunt Remembered
Laboratory at MIT. Although the School was his professional home from 1940 to 1975, Hunt also taught on five continents during his HBS tenure and after his retirement from the School. In 1983, he received the HBS Distinguished Service... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Setting the Legislative Agenda
diplomatic priority. Plan for the next crisis. “Americans have paid dearly for this latest crisis,” the report concluded. “Lost jobs, failed businesses, foreclosed homes, and sharply cut retirement savings have touched people all across... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Professor Barnes Remembered
Executive Education programs until his retirement from the active faculty in 1998. He also worked to improve classroom instruction at HBS and throughout Harvard. His HBS colleague, Senior Lecturer John Davis, recalled him as a... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
A Random Sampling of HBS Graduates in the News
citadels of culture, the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Houghton, who retired as chairman of Corning Inc. in 1996, told the New York Times (January 12, 1999) that a principal facet of the job of Met chairman is that "you've got to watch to... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Bruce Rauner (MBA '81) Endows New Professorship
older or retired to share my good fortune," says Rauner, managing principal of Golder, Thoma, Cressey, Rauner, Inc. (GTCR), a Chicago-based private equity firm that specializes in acquiring and consolidating service businesses in highly... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Professors Fox, Mace Remembered
Division of Research from 1953 to 1968, died on March 14. He was 92. Fox joined the HBS faculty in 1949 and served at the School for 25 years. He was the Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration from 1955 to 1967, and from 1967 until his View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Engine Charlie
WILSON: Decades in the auto business. Charles Wilson (MBA 1936) came into this world back when Henry Ford was cranking out Model Ts. Unlike those now retired roadsters, Wilson, at 100 years old, is still active in the car business,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
@Soldiers Field
linebacker Isaiah Kacyvenski (MBA 2011) joined the likes of Colts QB Andrew Luck and retired US women's soccer standout Kristine Lilly Heavey for a panel discussion on how tech can improve—and preserve—athletes' careers. Magician and... View Details
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Jack Perkowski
hiring more than 50 “New China” managers, Perkowski grew his company into $500 million ASIMCO Technologies, twice named one of the Best Employers in China. Known by the moniker “Mr. China,” Perkowski retired from ASIMCO in 2009 and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Start It Up
supplied fuel for generators, he learned that diesel costs $35 a gallon and that one US soldier is killed or wounded for every 24 fuel convoys, Wired.com reported (April 27, 2012). Now retired from the military, Naval Academy and MIT grad... View Details
- 06 Jan 2020
- News
Home Grown
owners who were interested in creating a local ownership vehicle for retiring business owners. “Generally, the owners’ options are to try to succeed the ownership across another generation of family,” says Bauerly. “That’s often the... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 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
Beshears, John, James J. Choi, Christopher Clayton, Christopher Harris, David Laibson, and Brigitte C. Madrian. "Optimal Illiquidity." Working Paper, July 2022.