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    Robert C. Merton

    Robert C. Merton is the School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

    Merton is University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University and was the George Fisher Baker Professor of... View Details

    Keywords: investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry
    • 15 Jan 2008
    • First Look

    First Look: January 15, 2008

    addition to its traditional investment management business. The private equity industry is rapidly institutionalizing, with firms raising funds over $10 billion and some considering public offerings. A sale... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • September 2014 (Revised June 2016)
    • Case

    edX: Strategies for Higher Education

    By: David Collis, Matthew Shaffer and Ashley Hartman
    In May 2012, Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) founded edX, a new non-profit joint venture that would provide a platform for massive open online courses (MOOCs). edX did not produce original courses or instructional content—it made... View Details
    Keywords: MOOCS; edX; Online Platforms; Online Education; Harvard University; MIT; Execution; Monetization; Brand Management; Higher Education; Information Technology; Strategy; Disruptive Innovation; Digital Platforms; Education Industry
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    • January 2010 (Revised October 2010)
    • Case

    Colombia: Strong Fundamentals, Global Risk

    By: Aldo Musacchio, Richard H. K. Vietor, Jonathan Schlefer and Carolina Camacho
    By mid-2009 Colombian President Alvaro Uribe had ended decades of virtual civil war and strengthened the business climate, but he faced tough economic challenges. Though he had instituted prominent market reforms and brought inflation down sharply, Colombia seemed... View Details
    Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Economic Growth; Macroeconomics; Trade; Global Strategy; Infrastructure; Business and Government Relations; Colombia
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    • March 2025
    • Supplement

    Intuition Robotics: An AI Companion for Older Adults (B)

    By: Amit Goldenberg, Elie Ofek and Orna Dan
    Two years after Intuition Robotics opted to pursue a business-to-government contract with the New York State Office of the Aging, and put direct-to-consumer efforts on the back burner, it was at a crossroads. The partnership had been successful, and the company had... View Details
    Keywords: Business Model; AI and Machine Learning; Resource Allocation; Business and Government Relations; Partners and Partnerships; Business Strategy; Health Industry; Technology Industry; New York (state, US); United States
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    • 02 Nov 2010
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Making the Numbers? ‘Short Termism’ & the Puzzle of Only Occasional Disaster

    Keywords: by Nelson P. Repenning & Rebecca M. Henderson
    • 2012
    • Working Paper

    Colonial Institutions, Trade Shocks, and the Diffusion of Elementary Education in Brazil, 1889–1930

    By: Aldo Musacchio, Andre Martinez-Fritscher and Martina Viarengo
    In this paper, we examine the role of trade shocks in promoting the diffusion of elementary education in subnational units in Brazil during a period (1889–1930) in which they had relative financial autonomy to collect export taxes and spend on public goods. The... View Details
    Keywords: History; Literacy; Voting; Education; Spending; Performance Improvement; Government and Politics; Brazil
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    • November 2000 (Revised May 2001)
    • Case

    State of South Carolina, The

    By: Randolph B. Cohen
    This case presents the managerial dilemma faced by the treasurer of South Carolina in 1998. Until last year, the South Carolina state pension fund (with over $17 billion in assets) was barred by the state constitution from investing in equities. After the constitution... View Details
    Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Capital Markets; Investment Return; Public Administration Industry; South Carolina
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    • 28 Aug 2009
    • Working Paper Summaries

    The Impact of Private Equity Ownership on Portfolio Firms’ Corporate Tax Planning

    Keywords: by Brad Badertscher, Sharon P. Katz & Sonja Olhoft Rego; Financial Services
    • 29 Apr 2015
    • Lessons from the Classroom

    Use Personal Experience to Pick Winning Stocks

    Let's face it: in most cases, the stock market knows what it's doing. With millions of people performing their homework and investing money in stocks they hope will pay off, it's hard for any one person to beat the market in a big way.... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services
    • 18 Oct 2010
    • Lessons from the Classroom

    Venture Capital’s Disconnect with Clean Tech

    government or a large corporate player first. Those business school students and young venture capitalists frequently share a common misconception about start-ups in the heavily publicized clean-technology field, according to Lassiter,... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Energy; Utilities; Financial Services
    • March 2021 (Revised October 2021)
    • Case

    Aligning Mission and Margin at Southern Bancorp

    By: Rebecca M. Henderson, Brian Trelstad and Eren Kuzucu
    In October 2020, after spending almost a decade to turnaround Southern Bancorp, an Arkansan bank founded with the mission to provide financial services to rural, underserved communities, CEO Darrin Williams is wondering how Southern Bancorp should continue to grow.... View Details
    Keywords: Racial Wealth Gap; Banks and Banking; Growth and Development; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Going Public; Investment Return; Social Issues; Wealth and Poverty; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; United States; Arkansas
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    • 14 Apr 2021
    • Research & Ideas

    The High Cost of the Slow COVID Vaccine Rollout

    government to invest more, the social returns could be enormous." For now, Kominers hopes the research team’s analysis sends a clear message: When it comes to vaccinating the public during a pandemic, we... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health
    • October 1998 (Revised May 2001)
    • Case

    Preview Travel (A)

    By: William A. Sahlman, Nicole Tempest, Daniel H Case III and Robert Keller
    Preview Travel was a leader in the online travel industry, having generated $80 million in bookings in 1997 and growing at a 34% compound annual growth rate per quarter. This case describes the evolution of Preview Travel's business plan and financing strategy and... View Details
    Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Business Model; Initial Public Offering; Valuation; Internet and the Web; Business Plan; Capital; Financial Strategy; Travel Industry; United States
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    • September 1997 (Revised October 1997)
    • Case

    French Pension System, The: On the Verge of Retirement?

    By: David A. Moss, Anne Dias and Bertrand O. Stephann
    Surveys the French pension system, its particular institutional characteristics, and some of the critical challenges and opportunities facing French reformers. Like almost every other industrialized country, France has a large pay-as-you-go public pension system that... View Details
    Keywords: Retirement; Compensation and Benefits; Capital Markets; Economic Growth; Labor; Problems and Challenges; Opportunities; Welfare; Investment; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Public Administration Industry; France
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    • October 2023
    • Case

    Kevin O'Leary: Building a Brand in Shark-infested Waters

    By: Reza Satchu and Patrick Sanguineti
    For more than fifteen years, successful Canadian entrepreneur and investor Kevin O’Leary had developed his brand into a global powerhouse. Since his first appearance on the Canadian television program Dragons’ Den in 2006 and his meteoric rise to stardom through the... View Details
    Keywords: Personal Brand; Crisis; Brands and Branding; Entrepreneurship; Crisis Management; Social Media; Public Opinion; Power and Influence; Financial Services Industry
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    • October 2015
    • Case

    Clearwater Seafoods

    By: Forest L. Reinhardt
    Clearwater sought to market value-added shellfish products in a traditionally commodities based industry, while facing supply uncertainties and regulatory, environmental, and foreign exchange challenges. Clearwater harvested lobsters, clams, scallops, shrimp, and other... View Details
    Keywords: Agribusiness; Profit; Goods and Commodities; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Product Marketing; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Canada
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    • 2014
    • Working Paper

    Private Equity's Diversification Illusion: Economic Comovement and Fair Value Reporting

    By: Kyle Travis Welch
    This study examines how accounting has informed private equity diversification claims and demand for private equity investments. Despite research showing private equity lacks portfolio diversification benefits, those marketing private equity assets continue to... View Details
    Keywords: Fair Value; Access To Capital; IAS 39; FAS No. 157; FASB; IASB; ASC 820; Covariance Risk; Accounting Beta; Accounting; Private Sector; Valuation; Corporate Finance; Asset Management; Cost of Capital; Private Equity; Accounting Industry; Financial Services Industry; Europe; North and Central America
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    • 04 Apr 2018
    • Op-Ed

    Op-Ed: Why Private Investors Must Fund 'New Nuclear' Power Right Now

    category known as “new nuclear,” which offers the potential to dramatically reduce costs and rapidly ramp up installations when compared to today’s nuclear power plants. But the success of new nuclear—and perhaps the future of the planet—requires big, immediate View Details
    Keywords: by Joseph Lassiter; Energy; Green Technology
    • December 2005 (Revised September 2007)
    • Case

    Canyon Johnson Urban Fund

    By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Alexa Arena
    Basketball star Earvin "Magic" Johnson and K. Robert Turner, managing partner of Canyon Johnson Urban Fund (CJUF), raised $271.7 million for investments in urban real estate. The fund considered two projects, both located in Hollywood, CA. The first was located on... View Details
    Keywords: Investment; Projects; Business and Government Relations; Public Opinion; Urban Development; Real Estate Industry; Los Angeles
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