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- 13 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 13, 2015
David Laibson, and Brigitte C. Madrian Abstract—Can governments increase private savings by taxing savings up front instead of in retirement? Roth 401(k) contributions are not tax-deductible in the... View Details
- 17 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
From the Panelists: Toward a Decarbonized Future: Who Pays? Who Profits?
innovations, companies and markets necessary to save the planet. To memorialize their content, organizers from the HBS Business and Environment Initiative asked panelists to share (in writing) the main messages they hoped attendees would... View Details
- 23 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
New Challenges for Long-Term Investors
the U.S. in the last few years. About a year ago, the Wall Street Journal ran a story about how Fed rate cuts had forced many retirees in the U.S. to "pinch pennies" (WSJ, July 7, 2003). Many people who retired in the '80s and... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 18 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 18, 2007
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=608062 The U.S. Retirement Savings Market and the Pension Protection Act of 2006 Harvard Business School Note 207-130 Provides an overview of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Feb 2014
- News
Managing the World’s Trouble Spots
business world and academia had a distinct advantage. He went back to the Pentagon to try to change the way the military engaged with civilians, then to serve at the White House. In 2007, he retired as an Air Force Deputy Assistant... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 24 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 24, 2007
compute pairwise coagglomeration measurements for U.S. manufacturing industries. Industry attributes are used to construct measures of the relevance of each of Marshall's three theories of industry agglomeration to each industry pair: (1) agglomeration View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Private Sector, Public Good
example of IBM reducing electricity consumption significantly between 1990 and 2012 and saving $477 million in the process. The role of academics in this process, she said, is the traditional one: to think clearly, see what is true, not... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Sep 2011
- What Do You Think?
What’s Apple’s Biggest Challenge: Replacing Steve or Wall Street?
because of its bulk, created a barrier between the barista and the customer; and offering new products ranging from new breakfast items to stuffed toys. In 2008, Schultz had to step back in to save the company. This raises the question of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2015
medium of photography since the author first took up a camera. Falling Short: The Coming Retirement Crisis and What to Do about It by Charles Ellis (MBA 1963), Alicia H. Munell, and Andrew D. Eschtruth (Oxford University Press) A concise... View Details
- 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... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Startling Percentage of Financial Advisors with Misconduct Records
implementation is now under a review initiated by the White House. The regulation requires financial advisors who handle retirement investments to operate in the best interests of their clients. Proponents say the rule is needed so that... View Details
- 24 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Watsons: IBM’s Troubled Legacy
pavilions and exhibits clustered around the "Court of Peace" on the fairgrounds. Every major country was represented save Germany. New York's mayor, Fiorello H. La Guardia, had suggested in 1937 that a "Chamber of... View Details
Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow
- 22 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
High-Tech Immigrant Workers Don’t Cost US Jobs
period between 1995 and 2008. In jobs closely linked to innovation and technology, the share of immigrants was even higher, closer to 24 percent. "Skilled immigration is important for the United States, where we do have a large Baby Boomer generation approaching View Details
- 04 Mar 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Lessons from Running GM’s OnStar
Cadillac guys initially said, 'OK, you can put this in our cars, but you won't be OnStar. You'll be "Cadillac Golden Touch" in a Cadillac.' And the Chevy guys said, 'Yeah, we like the idea, but you guys are now "Chevy Save... View Details
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Working at Harvard Business School | Employment
holiday, sick time, and family leave policies. Medical & Dental Quality and affordability are the hallmarks of Harvard's medical and dental plans. Work/Life Balance Harvard offers an array of resources for working parents. Retirement... View Details
- 17 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 17
on the relationship between short selling and securities' prices. Purchase this note:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/212079-PDF-ENG Dimensional Fund Advisors (DFA)'s Entry into the Retirement Market Lauren H. Cohen and Christopher... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 07 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Quest for Better Layoffs
wouldn't face the domino effect that many people face when they don't have savings accounts or other resources that my classmates and I had." Emotional Costs And Worst Practices And so the students teamed up with the professor on a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Letters to the Editor
there in the daytime but had to be moved (for reasons unknown) to a big parking lot behind Baker Hall no later than 9 p.m. To augment my 25¢ a week allowance, I organized many of the residents in Harvard Way Extension to save their... View Details
- 09 Feb 2018
- Research & Ideas
Big Hits: The Best of the 2018 Super Bowl Ads
audience’s attention and empathy, but that failed to offer a compelling reason to believe in and purchase the product. A notable exception was an ad for E-Trade that deftly used many Americans’ post-Great Recession concerns about the safety of their View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Eric Schiffer
lost a third of their retirement funds. Saving is on everyone’s minds these days. It’s one of the factors that spurred people to come into our stores in Texas, where we initially had some difficulties when... View Details