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- 19 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Unlocking Your Investment Capital
Business Review, Merton, a Nobel laureate, urges senior corporate executives and boards to view derivative applications not just as tactical measures but as strategic tools that convey competitive advantage. A first step is distinguishing...
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- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Addressing The Financial Security Gap
offering guaranteed lifetime income through workplace retirement plans. As Ackerley explains, many American workers used to have defined benefit plans, or pensions, that ensured a steady stream of income in retirement. Some companies and...
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Jennifer Gillespie
- 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...
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- 10 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
administration system so that pension funds could both accept significant amounts of retirement funds from workers and manage and invest those funds in a transparent and safe structure. One of the asset classes in addition to government...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
William H. Donaldson, MBA 1958
both saw an opportunity for a new kind of research geared toward the professional investors who were on the rise at mutual and pension funds. At the time, institutions accounted for less than 25 percent of equity ownership, but the way...
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- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Social Investing Pioneers
appears to be the first financial instrument that enables social entrepreneurs to raise capital based on social outcomes,” says Cohen. “If we can prove that these approaches deliver social improvement, then we may well get to the day when a View Details
- 06 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Best Place for Retirement Funds
decisions, trying to understand how they make decisions now is pretty important. Q: Please describe how the research got started. A: Jim Poterba and I started the project at the end of my time in graduate school. There had been earlier literature on asset allocation...
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by Ann Cullen
- 08 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 8
guaranteed income. And because that objective filtered right through the scheme, members thought of their benefits in those terms. Ask a member what her pension is worth and she'll reply with an income...
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Carmen Nobel
- 26 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 26, 2018
hedonic products to enhance their enjoyment of future consumption occasions. Current approaches to becoming expert center on cultivating an analytic mindset. In the present research the authors explore the benefit to enthusiasts of moving...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 2, 2010
case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/711415-PDF-ENG Retiree Pension and Health Benefits David F. HawkinsHarvard Business School Note 111-033 Note on accounting for retiree View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Damon Silvers
defined-benefit pension plans have withered in part because they were expensive for employers to fund, and in part because they weren’t portable. Can traditional pension plans make a comeback? Of course, the...
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- 01 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1
business schools. The upshot was the rise to global prominence of firms based in the Rest, including Foxcomm, Huawei, HNA, Cemex, and TCS. Download working paper: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52975 The Role of Taxes in the Disconnect Between View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 4
Working PapersThe Impact of Private Equity Ownership on Corporate Tax Avoidance Authors:Brad Badertscher, Sharon P. Katz, and Sonja Olhoft Rego Abstract This study investigates how private equity ownership affects View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 30 Jan 2018
- First Look
January 30, 2018
invest in fixed income securities, public equities, and alternative assets such as hedge funds, real estate, or private equity. What are the costs and benefits of each asset class? Should the funding status of the View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 7, 2009
Mozilo ... and 'Say on Pay' for All! (A) Harvard Business School Case 109-009 Union seeks to protect its pension funds through shareholder activism focused on corporate governance and executive compensation....
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Martha Lagace
- Web
Sustainable Investing - Course Catalog
trillion). Most large asset managers (e.g., Morgan Stanley, Bain Capital, TPG, Blackrock, State Street) are establishing sustainability investment practices, and developing products to meet the demands of capital owners, including pension...
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- 21 May 2013
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First Look: May 21
framework. The first layer assesses the relative importance of skilled labor, suppliers, and knowledge spillovers. The second layer considers whether firms can benefit from geographic concentration without co-locating. The final layer...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Hedge Fund as Activist
Managers of public corporations sometimes need to be reminded that they work for shareholders. Without proper monitoring, managers may receive excess compensation or perks, or misuse free cash flow. Historically, poorly performing...
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- 29 Jan 2008
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First Look: January 29, 2008
years. It has evolved from a system in which employees relied mainly on Social Security and professionally managed defined benefit (DB) pension plans sponsored by their employers to provide for their...
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Martha Lagace
- 13 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why Global Investments Are Still a Good Bet
money when those shocks occur. “They should be less concerned about that, because they can ride out those waves,” says Viceira. Thus, for investors looking beyond a 10- to 20-year time frame—including individuals saving for retirement, college endowments, foundations,...
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