Savings - Publications - Faculty & Research

Dec 04 2019
Interview

Good Management Can Save Your Life

11 Feb 2019
Research & Ideas

The Business of Saving the Planet

"The fact that the benefits of addressing the problem of climate change almost certainly outweigh the costs ... does not make concerted global action to address the problem easy." —Climate Change in 2018: Implications for Business If there is one positive... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Energy; Green Technology

04 Sep 2019
News

Advancing Diagnostics that Can Save Lives

tools, expediting the time frame and accuracy of results. Using genomics and machine learning, Day Zero Diagnostics (DZD) and Aikili Biosystems aim to save lives. “A common reaction to our venture is that it is ‘ambitious.’ Clearly our... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

13 Aug 2024
News

Can AI Save Physicians from Burnout?

16 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Can Applied Economics Save Homeless Puppies?

recall—perhaps naively, but excitedly—thinking, I know how to save the dogs! We just need to come up with a better matching algorithm,” says Exley, who, while working on her doctorate in economics, spent her free time volunteering at the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail

28 Aug 2014
News

How the Internet Saved Handmade Goods

01 Nov 2020
News

Kominers’s Conundrums: Saving Private Island Adventurers

01 May 2020
News

The Business Case for Saving Democracy

Keywords: Rebecca Henderson

07 Nov 2016
News

The Business of Saving Old Buildings

Roger Webb (MBA 1961) is the founder and chairman emeritus of the Architectural Heritage Foundation in Boston and was instrumental in launching Preservation Massachusetts, a statewide nonprofit historic preservation organization. In this video, he discusses the origins... View Details

10 Mar 2016
News

Can Doug Lemov Save US Soccer?

Illustration by John Cuneo Illustration by John Cuneo Teaching guru Doug Lemov (MBA 2004) is taking his teaching talents to the pitch. Profiled in the March issue of The Atlantic, Lemov was contacted by US Soccer in 2010 in an effort to improve their youth development... View Details

24 Apr 2014
News

Saving lives through new vaccine technology

Michael Schrader (MBA 2012) is on a mission to help keep millions of people around the world from dying needlessly. “Right now, 2.4 million people die every year from vaccine-preventable diseases,” says Schrader, cofounder and CEO of Vaxess Technologies. While the cost... View Details

19 Nov 2013
News

Can Damon Silvers Save Organized Labor?

Keywords: Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing

17 May 2012
News

Harvard study: workplace inspections save money

28 Feb 2014
News

Private Investors Can Save Public Infrastructure

05 Oct 2012
News

How would you save American Airlines?

28 Apr 2020
News

The business of saving the world

Article

Present Bias Causes and Then Dissipates Auto-enrollment Savings Effects

By: John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson and Peter Maxted

Present bias causes procrastination, which leads households to stick with auto-enrollment defaults. However, present bias also engenders overconsumption. Separation from each employer generates a rollover of 401(k) balances to an individual retirement account (IRA)... View Details

Keywords: Present Bias; Procrastination; Personal Finance; Decision Making; Social Psychology; Retirement

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The Importance of Default Options for Retirement Saving Outcomes: Evidence from the United States

By: John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson and Brigitte C. Madrian

This paper summarizes the empirical evidence on how defaults impact retirement savings outcomes. After outlining the salient features of the various sources of retirement income in the U.S., the paper presents the empirical evidence on how defaults impact retirement... View Details