Browsing Sloan School of Management by Subject "risk"

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    • Agility and Risk Management at Pacific Life: Optimizing Business Unit Autonomy 

      Ross, Jeanne W.; Beath, Cynthia M. (Cambridge, MA; Alfred P. Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007-12-01)
      Pacific Life is a diversified financial services company with a history of autonomous business units. Pacific Life had five independent divisions, including Life Insurance, Annuities and Mutual Funds, and Investments. These ...

    • Sunk Costs and Risk-Based Barriers to Entry 

      Pindyck, Robert S. (Cambridge, MA; Alfred P. Sloan School of Mangement, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009-02-13)
      In merger analysis and other antitrust settings, risk is often cited as a potential barrier to entry. But there is little consensus as to the kinds of risk that matter— systematic versus non-systematic and industry-wide ...