Publications

March 14, 2012
Article

Bill to Help Businesses Raise Capital Goes Too Far

By: Robert C. Pozen and John Coates

January 11, 2012
Article

ETFs: Wide World of Exchange-Traded Funds Requires Navigation for Investors

By: Robert C. Pozen and Theresa Hamacher

June 2011 (Revised January 2012)
Teaching Note

Two Key Decisions for China's Sovereign Fund (TN)

By: Robert C. Pozen and Xiaoyu Gu

Teaching Note for 311137. View Details

Keywords: Financial Services Industry; China; United States

June 2011 (Revised November 2011)
Case

The Expansion of Ping An

By: Robert C. Pozen and Nina Yang

In June 2010, Mingzhe Ma, chairman and chief executive officer of Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China ("Ping An" or "the Company"), sat down with Sun Jianyi, vice chief executive officer and executive vice president at Ping An, to discuss the future direction of... View Details

Keywords: Acquisition; Business Conglomerates; Conferences; Banks and Banking; Financial Strategy; Insurance; Global Strategy; Leadership Style; Strategic Planning; Opportunities; Diversification; Expansion; China

Educators

April 2011 (Revised November 2012)
Supplement

Reinsurance Negotiation: Confidential Information for Brack 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... View Details

Keywords: Insurance; Negotiation

April 2011 (Revised November 2012)
Exercise

Reinsurance Negotiation: Confidential Information for JLT Insurance Company

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... View Details

Keywords: Negotiation; Insurance

fall 1993
Article

Theory of Risk Capital in Financial Firms

By: Robert C. Merton and André Perold

Keywords: Theory; Risk and Uncertainty; Capital; Business Ventures; Financial Services Industry

September 2008 (Revised October 2008)
Background Note

Copyright Law in the U.S. and EU

By: Robert C. Pozen and Elizabeth Leonard

This note reviews the basic rules for copyright protection in both the U.S. and the EU. It outlines the works and rights protected, the fair use and first-sale limitations on copyright, as well as the application of these rules to software, video, recordings, and... View Details

Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Copyright; Laws and Statutes; European Union; United States

November 18, 2008
Article

There's a Better Way to Prevent 'Bear Raids'

By: Robert C. Pozen and Yaneer Bar-Yam

2000
Book

Finance

By: Zvi Bodie and Robert C. Merton

Keywords: Finance

Read Now

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

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... View Details

Keywords: 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,... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Energy; Utilities

05 Jan 2009
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles and Working Papers 2008

Organizations, explores the internal complexities of people in control. Plus: Book excerpt. 16. Rethinking Retirement Planning Many of us are relying on defined contribution plans to help fund retirement. But Harvard Business School professor View Details

Keywords: by Staff

2009
Chapter

Nobel Laureate Panel Discussion: What Retirement Means to Me

By: Robert C. Merton, Paul A. Samuelson and Robert M. Solow

Keywords: Retirement