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- April 2011 (Revised June 2012)
- Background Note
Note on U.S. Pension Accounting
By: Robert C. Pozen and Brij Khurana
The purpose of this note is to describe the manner in which publicly traded corporations and local governments in the United States account for their pension plans.
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Pozen, Robert C., and Brij Khurana. "Note on U.S. Pension Accounting." Harvard Business School Background Note 311-115, April 2011. (Revised June 2012.)
- April 2011 (Revised November 2012)
- Supplement
Reinsurance Negotiation: Confidential Information for Auburn Re
By: Robert C. Pozen and Henoch Senbetta
The Reinsurance Negotiation case is a fictional three-party negotiation between a primary insurer and two reinsurers. The case is appropriate for use in a wide variety of courses, including Financial Institutions, Negotiations, and courses related to the Insurance and...
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Pozen, Robert C., and Henoch Senbetta. "Reinsurance Negotiation: Confidential Information for Auburn Re." Harvard Business School Supplement 311-112, April 2011. (Revised November 2012.)
- February 2011 (Revised April 2011)
- Background Note
Note on the Reinsurance Industry
By: Robert C. Pozen and Henoch Senbetta
This note begins with an overview of reinsurance contacts - their mechanics, types and pricing. It then discusses the structure of the reinsurance industry and the impact of recent crises on this industry.
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Keywords:
Financial Crisis;
Insurance;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Industry Structures;
Insurance Industry
Pozen, Robert C., and Henoch Senbetta. "Note on the Reinsurance Industry." Harvard Business School Background Note 311-102, February 2011. (Revised April 2011.)
- Article
On the Management of Financial Guarantees
By: Robert C. Merton and Z. Bodie
Merton, Robert C., and Z. Bodie. "On the Management of Financial Guarantees." Financial Management 21, no. 4 (Winter 1992): 87–109.
- May 2010 (Revised August 2010)
- Case
Breaking the Buck
By: Robert C. Pozen and Elizabeth Leonard
After an incredibly volatile six months since Lehman Brothers declared bankruptcy, Finbar McCall contemplated his options. As the investment manager of RPG Prime Reserve Fund, Inc. (RPGXX), McCall had just heard the news that the U.S. Treasury was extending the...
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Keywords:
Change Management;
Financial Crisis;
Financial Management;
Insurance;
Investment Funds;
Business and Government Relations;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Financial Services Industry
Pozen, Robert C., and Elizabeth Leonard. "Breaking the Buck." Harvard Business School Case 310-135, May 2010. (Revised August 2010.)
- August 2008 (Revised May 2009)
- Background Note
Note on Comparative Treatment of Business Method and Software Patents in the United States and European Union
By: Robert C. Pozen and Felicia Ellsworth
This note analyses and compares the legal definitions and practical applications of Business Method and Software Patents in the United States and European Union.
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Pozen, Robert C., and Felicia Ellsworth. "Note on Comparative Treatment of Business Method and Software Patents in the United States and European Union." Harvard Business School Background Note 309-023, August 2008. (Revised May 2009.)
- 1995
- Chapter
The Informational Role of Asset Prices: The Case of Implied Volatility
By: Zvi Bodie and Robert C. Merton
Bodie, Zvi, and Robert C. Merton. "The Informational Role of Asset Prices: The Case of Implied Volatility." Chap. 6 in The Global Financial System: A Functional Perspective, by D. B. Crane, K. A. Froot, Scott P. Mason, André Perold, R. C. Merton, Z. Bodie, E. R. Sirri, and P. Tufano, 197–224. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1995.
- 1999
- Chapter
The Global Financial System Project
By: Robert C. Merton and Peter Tufano
Keywords:
International Finance;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Projects;
Banking Industry;
Financial Services Industry
Merton, Robert C., and Peter Tufano. "The Global Financial System Project." In The Intellectual Venture Capitalist: John H. McArthur and the Work of the Harvard Business School, 1980-1995, edited by T. K. McCraw and J. L. Cruikshank. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1999.
- 1992
- Working Paper
On the Management of Deposit Insurance and Other Guarantees
By: Robert C. Merton and Zvi Bodie
- 03 Jan 2018
- What Do You Think?
In the Wake of #MeToo, Should Corporate Boards Hire Compliance Officers?
systems." Citing Robert Clarke, past Dean of Harvard Law School, Joe recalled Clarke noted that "Boards could be stewards of the corporation, looking after its long term health, or compliance...
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by James Heskett
- 06 Jan 2010
- What Do You Think?
Is a Stringent Climate Change Agreement a Pot of Gold?
asked whether the objectives of the kind of agreement being discussed are even relevant to the world's needs. While suggesting that major government initiatives will be needed, Phil Clark suggested a different direction for them. He said,...
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- 1970
- Dissertation
Analytical Optimal Control Theory as Applied to Stochastic and Non-Stochastic Economics
By: Robert C. Merton
Merton, Robert C. "Analytical Optimal Control Theory as Applied to Stochastic and Non-Stochastic Economics." Diss., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 1970.
- 1976
- Working Paper
Continuous-Time Portfolio Theory and the Pricing of Contingent Claims
By: Robert C. Merton
Merton, Robert C. "Continuous-Time Portfolio Theory and the Pricing of Contingent Claims." Sloan School of Management Working Paper, No. 881-76, November 1976.
- January 1973
- Article
'Continuous-Time Speculative Processes': Appendix to Paul A. Samuelson's 'Mathematics of Speculative Price'
By: Robert C. Merton
Keywords:
Price
Merton, Robert C. "'Continuous-Time Speculative Processes': Appendix to Paul A. Samuelson's 'Mathematics of Speculative Price'." SIAM Review 15 (January 1973): 34–38.
- May 1973
- Book Review
Book Review of Studies in the Theory of Capital Markets, edited by M.C. Jensen
By: Robert C. Merton
Merton, Robert C. "Book Review of Studies in the Theory of Capital Markets, edited by M.C. Jensen." Journal of Money, Credit & Banking 5, no. 2 (May 1973): 729–730.
- Article
Lifetime Portfolio Selection under Uncertainty: The Continuous-Time Case
By: Robert C. Merton
Merton, Robert C. "Lifetime Portfolio Selection under Uncertainty: The Continuous-Time Case." Review of Economics and Statistics 51, no. 3 (August 1969): 247–257. (Chapter II of Ph.D. dissertation; Chapter 4 in Continuous-Time Finance.)