Robert C. Clark - Publications - Faculty & Research

April 2011
Supplement

Reinsurance Negotiation: Confidential Information for JLT Insurance Company (CW)

By: Robert C. Pozen and Henoch Senbetta

Excel model to complement a three-party negotiation exercise. View Details

Keywords: Negotiation; Insurance; Insurance Industry

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August 2010 (Revised January 2012)
Teaching Note

Breaking the Buck (TN)

By: Robert C. Pozen and Elizabeth Leonard

Teaching Note for 310135. View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Problems and Challenges; Financial Markets; Investment Funds; Management

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August 2008 (Revised May 2009)
Background Note

International Enforcement of U.S. Patents

By: Robert C. Pozen and Jordan Hirsch

A company that owns a U.S. patent can enforce its patent protections in three ways: by filing a lawsuit in U.S. federal district court, by bringing action in the International Trade Commission, or through the World Trade Organization. This note discusses the pros and... View Details

Keywords: International Relations; Patents; Courts and Trials; Lawsuits and Litigation; Rights

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August 2008 (Revised May 2009)
Background Note

U.S. and EU Trademark Protection

By: Robert C. Pozen and Jordan Hirsch

Rules governing trademark protection in the U.S. and EU differ substantially. This note describes the primary differences and their implications. View Details

Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Trademarks; European Union; United States

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September 2007 (Revised April 2009)
Case

Norway Sells Wal-Mart

By: Robert C. Pozen and Aldo Sesia

In June 2006, Norway's Pension Fund decided to divest its position in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. after an investigation by the Fund's Ethics Council. According to a spokesperson of Norway's Finance Ministry, "The recommendation to exclude Wal-Mart cites serious and... View Details

Keywords: Decisions; Ethics; Insurance; Investment Activism; Investment Funds; Government and Politics; Rights; Problems and Challenges; Labor and Management Relations; Power and Influence; Retail Industry; Norway

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1993
Chapter

Pension Benefit Guarantees in the United States: A Functional Analysis

By: Zvi Bodie and Robert C. Merton

Keywords: Compensation and Benefits; Government and Politics; United States

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1995
Working Paper

The Informational Role of Asset Prices: The Case of Implied Volatility

By: Zvi Bodie and Robert C. Merton

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International Pension Swaps

By: Zvi Bodie and Robert C. Merton

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02 Mar 2020
What Do You Think?

Are Candor, Humility, and Trust Making a Comeback?

is negative in the short-term and positive only in (the) long-term, and many companies are too focused on the short-term.” Robert added that candor is the honest and open exchange of ideas, “but the techniques must be learned and... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

13 Jul 2010
First Look

First Look: July 13

Refinancing Ratchet Effect (revised) Authors:Amir E. Khandani, Andrew W. Lo, and Robert C. Merton Abstract The confluence of three trends in the U.S. residential housing market-rising home prices, declining... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Arab American Heritage Month | Baker Library

products. Shami's life and business experiences are detailed in his autobiography American by Choice . A. Robert Abboud, featured in the "Who's Who" section of the Almanac, holds degrees from Harvard College, Harvard Law School, and... View Details

10 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

The State of the Markets

Stock Exchange (NYSE); and Robert C. Gasser, managing director and head of U.S. equities at J. P. Morgan & Co. Financial exchanges today, Seifert began, must have the business systems of a technology... View Details

Keywords: by James E. Aisner

06 Mar 2013
What Do You Think?

Who Should Manage Our Work Time?

job? What do you think? To Read More Frankii Bevins and Aaron De Smet, Making Time Management the Organization's Priority, McKinsey Quarterly, January 2013. Peter Bregman, A Personal Approach to Organizational Time Management , McKinsey Quarterly, January 2013. View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Dec 1998
News

A Journey to Leadership: Luke O'Neill

Some of the best entrepreneurial ventures begin with a small revelation. For Luke O'Neill (MBA '95), the founder of a unique alternative high school in Massachusetts, that revelation came from an eight-year-old boy named Robert. As an undergraduate at Georgetown,... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Oct 2002
News

Books

The Attention Economy: Understanding the New Currency of Business by Thomas H. Davenport and John C. Beck Geeks & Geezers: How Era, Values, and Defining Moments Shape Leaders by Warren G. Bennis and Robert... View Details

22 May 2020
In Practice

Post-COVID Health Care: More Screens, Less Red Tape?

service centers, which are primarily owned by physicians. Regina E. Herzlinger is the Nancy R. McPherson Professor of Business Administration. Amy C. Edmonson: New ways to balance prevention and sick care Those on the front lines of COVID... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

05 May 2010
What Do You Think?

Is Denial Endemic to Management?

looking for new ways to solve it" and suggested that the phenomenon applies to organizations as well as individuals. In Steve Sheinkopf's opinion, "Denial is only part of the problem; not understanding your capabilities and resources is a bigger issue."... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

01 Jun 2011
News

Howard Stevenson: The Personal Side

HBS Dean Kim Clark “Howard's most admirable and endearing quality has always been his generosity. It is related to the philosophy that he expressed in the book, Just Enough, that he wrote with Laura Nash. Some people never have enough and... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services