Principal Investigator Mark Kritzman
Co-investigators Gita R Rao , John Parsons
Project Website http://mitsloan.mit.edu/actionlearning/labs/finance-labs.php
he Finance Research Practicum and Finance Proseminars are Action Learning opportunities offered by the Finance Group. The courses are open to all graduate students and meet the Action Learning requirement for the MBA Finance Track and Master of Finance programs.
The Finance Research Practicum is a key element of MIT Sloan’s Master of Finance Program. It is also open to other graduate-level students who have completed the prerequisites. In this graduate-level finance course, students work in teams on substantive projects proposed by external sponsors. Our goal is to provide students with a meaningful opportunity to work with leading industry practitioners on important topical finance problems, while helping them to bridge the gap between theory and practice, and introducing them to the broader financial community. The course is full-time during the month of January, and includes some preparation and follow-up before and after the full-time experience.
The Finance Proseminars are one-semester courses that offer students experience in the complex task of developing and communicating solutions to the challenging financial problems facing businesses today. Students work in teams to tackle issues posed by company sponsors and present findings to the company sponsor and their fellow classmates.