Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of key issues in the governance of defined contribution pension schemes, with a focus on investment matters, and to recommend best practices. Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws on the results of an online survey of the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of key issues in the governance of defined contribution pension schemes, with a focus on investment matters, and to recommend best practices. Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws on the results of an online survey of the...

We examine the contribution and investment decisions made by members of a large UK‐based DC pension plan. We find that many employees appear to be relatively financially sophisticated and follow approaches consistent with economic and financial theory in terms of savings rates and investment...

The focus of this article is on discussing the foundations, conceptual development, and implications of resource interaction in inter-organizational networks. The article conceptualizes and classifies resources before discussing how resource interfaces enable to utilize, manage, and change...

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the dynamics of networked power in a concentrated business network. Power is a long standing theme in inter-organizational research, yet there is a paucity of studies about how power emerges and is constructed over time at the network level. The paper...

Purpose – The paper seeks to provide an example of how new business unit resources can activate previously passively connected networks of resources. Design/methodology/approach – Two case studies are used, both of which are examples of new business unit resources being embedded into, and...

The main recommendation of the Report of the Pension Law Review Committee is that trust law will continue to provide the basic structure for occupational pensions in the UK but it will be strengthened by a pensions act administered by a pensions regulator. The Report also proposes minimum...

This paper examines and evaluates the content and design of the annual pension statement sent to members of funded defined contribution (DC) pension schemes in a selection of OECD and non-OECD countries. The aims of the research are to identify the potential shortcomings in statement planning...