From Weight Watchers to bariatric surgery, innovations for combatting obesity abound. But which will do the most good for society and yield the best business results? Professor Regina Herzlinger discusses how to evaluate health care innovations aimed at providing solutions for obesity in her case study, “Fighting the Battle of the Bulge–Evaluating Innovations in Morbid Obesity Treatment.”
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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.