Merton, Robert C., and Zvi Bodie. "A Conceptual Framework for Analyzing the Financial Environment." Chap. 1 in The Global Financial System: A Functional Perspective ...

concepts (spatial, causality, temporal, variability, abstraction, uncertainty), and skill sets needed for understanding, such as cognitive skills (systems thinking, pattern recognition that includes ...

As research in this field moves forward, however, trying to describe receptor heteromers is becoming a significant conceptual challenge. The literature presents a bewildering array of terms ...

Merton, Robert C., and Zvi Bodie. "A Conceptual Framework for Analyzing the Financial Environment." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 95-062, January 1995.

This conceptual framework developed by the committee will identify and articulate the core ideas ... In parallel, the committee will develop a research and development plan to inform future revisions ...