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- 03 Jan 2018
- News
Finding Faith in an NFL Locker Room
life and how he used his faith to face adversity. A few months later, he was officially named team chaplain. In this episode of Skydeck, the Bulletin’s associate editor Julia Hanna talks to Wilkins about the... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Egawa Heads New Research Office in Japan
development initiatives. She expects to work closely with Camille Tang Yeh (MBA '80), executive director of the Asia-Pacific Research Center in Hong Kong, because View Details
- 25 Feb 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Fostering Organizational Learning: The Impact of Work Design on Workarounds, Errors, and Speaking Up About Internal Supply Chain Problems
Keywords: by Anita L. Tucker
- 06 Feb 2012
- Research & Ideas
Kodak: A Parable of American Competitiveness
1990s, but these investments began to falter in 2003 and have remained flat or slightly lower ever since. Government's Role If the United States wants to keep from slipping further View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Linda B. Kanner: All in the Family
pleased with her dual role as a parent and a key player in getting this particular dot-com off to a running start. "I can't imagine a better place to understand the dynamics of... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 05 Jul 2022
- What Do You Think?
Have We Seen the Peak of Just-in-Time Inventory Management?
distribution channel. Fluctuating demand at the retail level would generate exaggerated fluctuations—a “whipsaw” effect—in expected demand and inventory planning at the back end, or manufacturing level, in... View Details
- 05 Jul 2023
- News
GCC Alumni Celebrate Grand Opening of New Club Center
"passionate and committed alumni" played integral roles over the last two years to bring The House to fruition, with support and guidance from board members, local officials, and corporate sponsors. "The establishment View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 11 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Success of Reverse Leveraged Buyouts
lesson, and expected him to do all sorts of tricks!" Although the study ended in 2002—the researchers wanted to have at least three years' worth View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
development in Brazil. "Poverty is one of the world's leading polluters," says the rugged, silver-haired Lorentzen. "I've long believed that development was essential to preserving nature, because you can't... View Details
- 15 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Lessons of New-Market Disruption
(DMD) played a small role as a provider of high-end 2.5" disk drives. HP's management explored strategies for transforming DMD into the market leader, but other companies were already too firmly... View Details
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance
Q: You've done research on the role of shareholders in holding corporations responsible for their actions. Should any of the burden View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 05 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name?
such competition is to be expected in more mature markets. Greater availability of cadavers for medical science could accelerate the quality of... View Details
- 08 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
A Company’s Evolving View of Gender Equity
A company's internal deliberations and changing beliefs about women in the workplace over the course of two decades, particularly about their role as leaders, is the subject... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Teaching kids lessons in making choices and tradeoffs
tradeoffs, and how her current role compares with her career expectations when she graduated from HBS. “I’m the CEO of the Council for Economic Education. We’re a national... View Details
- 03 Jun 2019
- Blog Post
9 Lessons from the Class of 2019
about the role of Director of Business Innovation at Points of Light. I deeply resonate with Points of Light’s... View Details
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Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work
related to the workforce, including the skills gap, degree inflation, care economics, the role of artificial intelligence in employment outcomes, the effectiveness View Details
- 24 Jul 2013
- Op-Ed
Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In
Once the hub of American manufacturing, Detroit is in a long state of economic decline. The rubber finally hit the road last week, when the city filed for bankruptcy... View Details
- 2008
- Chapter
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
Keywords: Saving; Financial Condition; Retirement; Investment Funds; Microeconomics; Outcome or Result; Government and Politics; Financial Institutions; Macroeconomics; United States
Beshears, John, James J. Choi, David Laibson, and Brigitte C. Madrian. "The Importance of Default Options for Retirement Saving Outcomes: Evidence from the United States." In Lessons from Pension Reform in the Americas, edited by Stephen J. Kay and Tapen Sinha, 59–87. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008.
- 15 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
Funding the Design of Livable Cities
sustainability. “Private investors will need to fund not only real estate development, but also the supporting urban infrastructure systems” In his multiple roles as a member View Details
- 30 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Tracks of My Tears: Reconstructing Digital Music
is an important point. There can be sharp differences. My study was primarily aimed at uncovering what factors may affect the magnitude of the impact. For instance, I expected my results to show that albums... View Details