Robert C. Clark - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Feb 2000
News

Executives Convene to Discuss Consumer-Driven Health Care

Dr. Robert Waller, president emeritus of the Mayo Clinic, gave a talk on the impact of consumer-driven health care on the current system, using the Mayo's lauded operations as an example. This thought-provoking presentation led to a... View Details

04 Jul 2016
Research & Ideas

Is Your Org Chart Stuck in a Rut? Try a Scientific Experiment

restructuring can feel like a “just because” pursuit among companies, which often coincides with a change in C-suite leadership. “If you bring in an executive from the outside, it’s very common that, as soon as they get into their chair, they want to reorganize,” says... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Burnout in Surgery Viewed Through the Lens of Psychological Safety

By: Robert A. Swendiman, Amy C. Edmondson and Najjia N. Mahmoud

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Fourth Quarter 2007
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Contingent Claims Approach to Measuring and Managing Sovereign Credit Risk

By: Dale . F. Gray, Robert C. Merton and Zvi Bodie

This paper proposes a new approach to measure, analyze, and manage sovereign risk based on the theory and practice of modern contingent claims analysis (CCA). The paper provides a new framework for adapting the CCA model to the sovereign balance sheet in a way that can... View Details

Keywords: Credit; Investment; Sovereign Finance; Risk Management; Emerging Markets; Market Transactions; Mathematical Methods; Valuation

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05 Sep 2012
First Look

First Look: September 5

this case:http://hbr.org/search/312109-PDF-ENG Credit Unions: The Future of the Cooperative Financial Institution Robert C. Pozen and Grace HouHarvard Business School Case 312-131 Credit unions are a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Oct 2016
Research & Ideas

Why Don't More People Get Flu Shots at Work?

office, or how their daily routine brought him or her near the clinic location. Beshears’s co-authors of the study were James J. Choi, professor of finance at Yale University’s School of Management; David I. Laibson, chair of Harvard University’s economics department... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Health

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Meet the Team | Information Technology

Creative Director Dave has worked in Information Technology at the Harvard Business School since 1994. When then-Dean Kim Clark formed a new team to explore ways to infuse technology into the HBS case method, he hand-picked Dave to join... View Details

13 Mar 2007
First Look

First Look: March 13, 2007

financial returns but are also deeply committed to improving the environment and making a difference in people's lives. Robert Salas, CEO, wants a management system that communicates and motivates Amanco's three high-level goals.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

17 May 2011
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First Look: May 17

811-093 Aid in understanding of financing entrepreneurship. Purchase this note:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/811093-PDF-ENG Note on the Reinsurance Industry Robert C. Pozen and Henoch SenbettaHarvard... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Apr 2009
What Do You Think?

How Much Obsolescence Can Business and Society Absorb?

personal level, C. J. Cullinane reported that "I work with keeping up with technology but the newspapers and books are my anchor . [They also leave] a good audit trail." Phil Clark said,... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Publishing; Journalism & News

07 Nov 2006
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First Look: November 7, 2006

http://www.isc.hbs.edu/pdf/2006GLW_ch3.pdf A Portfolio Approach to Sales Authors:Das Narayandas and Robert C. Dudley Periodical:Harvard Business Review 84, nos. 7/8 (July 2006) Abstract Vendors that match... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

1985
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The Role of Contingent Claims Analysis in Corporate Finance

By: Scott P. Mason and Robert C. Merton

Keywords: Mathematical Methods; Corporate Finance

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December 10, 2012
Article

Capping the Deductibility of Corporate Interest Expense

By: Robert C. Pozen and Lucas W. Goodman

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May 2011 (Revised December 2011)
Case

Redesigning a 401(k) Plan at Haley-Midland

By: Robert C. Pozen and Scott Eric Perl

Rose Adams, the CFO of Haley-Midland, Inc., dispensed with pleasantries and started right in on her questions for Jim Sweeney, the senior vice president of human resources, and Nancy Walters, Haley-Midland's vice president and treasurer, about the brewing crisis with... View Details

Keywords: Retirement; Crisis Management; Design; Planning; Human Resources

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On Market Timing and Investment Performance Part II: Statistical Procedures for Evaluating Forecasting Skills

By: Robert C. Merton and Roy D. Henriksson

Keywords: Investment; Performance; Mathematical Methods; Forecasting and Prediction

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June 1986
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Dividend Variability and Variance Bounds Tests for the Rationality of Stock Market Prices

By: Robert C. Merton and Terry A. Marsh

Keywords: Stocks; Markets; Price

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July 2010 (Revised October 2010)
Teaching Note

Fidelity Retires in Canada (TN)

By: Robert C. Pozen and Edward Warren Scott

Teaching Note for 311023. View Details

Keywords: Canada

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April 2010 (Revised June 2010)
Background Note

The U.S. Life Insurance Industry

By: Robert C. Pozen and McCall Ann Merchant

This note provides a background on the US life insurance regimes for the life insurance industry, including descriptions of different types of insurance, annuities, and regulation. View Details

Keywords: Insurance; Insurance Industry; United States

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May 2009 (Revised June 2009)
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Geographical Indications: I Say "Kalamata", the EU Says "Black Olive" (A)

By: Robert C. Pozen and Ani Krishni Satchcroft

In April 2005, Alexandra was the owner of an Australian farm that produced olives, including Kalamata table olives. Alexandra had invested in the expansion of her farm in anticipation of the evolution of her market from domestic trade in Australia to international... View Details

Keywords: Plant-Based Agribusiness; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Trademarks; Rights; Conflict and Resolution; Business Strategy; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; European Union; Australia

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