Harvard Business School Professor Sunil Gupta explores the infiltration of Amazon into dozens of industries including web services, grocery, online video streaming, content creation and, oh, did we mention physical bookstores? What’s the big plan? Is the company spread too thin? Or is it poised for astronomical success?
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Many of us are relying on defined contribution plans to help fund retirement. But Harvard Business School professor Robert C. Merton believes today's plans are not sustainable. So what's next? A new way to look at the problem. Key concepts include: Defined contribution plans currently offered by the majority of employers place an undue burden on workers who don't have the interest, time, or expertise to manage their finances. A new pension program focuses on an inflation-protected annuity rather than an endpoint with a lump sum of accumulated wealth. The program requires few interactions from users: "set it and forget it."
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Rethinking Retirement Planning
Many of us are relying on defined contribution plans to help fund retirement. But Harvard Business School professor Robert C. Merton believes today's plans are not sustainable. So what's next? A new way to look at the problem. Key concepts include: Defined contribution plans currently offered by the majority of employers place an undue burden on workers who don't have the interest, time, or expertise to manage their finances. A new pension program focuses on an inflation-protected annuity rather than an endpoint with a lump sum of accumulated wealth. The program requires few interactions from users: "set it and forget it." Closed for comment; 0 Comment(s) posted.