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- October 1996 (Revised May 2011)
- Module Note
Venture Capital and Private Equity: Module II
By: Josh Lerner, G. Felda Hardymon and Ann Leamon
Provides an overview of a module that focuses on the interaction between private equity investors and the firms they finance.
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Keywords:
Business Ventures;
Venture Capital;
Private Equity;
Financing and Loans;
Investment;
Business and Stakeholder Relations
Lerner, Josh, G. Felda Hardymon, and Ann Leamon. "Venture Capital and Private Equity: Module II." Harvard Business School Module Note 297-041, October 1996. (Revised May 2011.)
- October 1996 (Revised November 1997)
- Background Note
Venture Capital and Private Equity: Course Overview
By: Josh Lerner
Provides an overview of the Venture Capital and Private Equity modules.
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Lerner, Josh. "Venture Capital and Private Equity: Course Overview." Harvard Business School Background Note 297-045, October 1996. (Revised November 1997.)
- October 1996 (Revised April 2011)
- Module Note
Venture Capital and Private Equity: Module III
By: Josh Lerner, G. Felda Hardymon and Ann Leamon
Provides an overview of a module that focuses on existing venture capital and other private equity investments.
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Lerner, Josh, G. Felda Hardymon, and Ann Leamon. "Venture Capital and Private Equity: Module III." Harvard Business School Module Note 297-042, October 1996. (Revised April 2011.)
- October 1996 (Revised April 2011)
- Module Note
Venture Capital and Private Equity: Module IV
By: Josh Lerner, G. Felda Hardymon and Ann Leamon
Provides an overview of a module that focuses on the adaptation of the private equity model to corporate and nonprofit settings.
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Lerner, Josh, G. Felda Hardymon, and Ann Leamon. "Venture Capital and Private Equity: Module IV." Harvard Business School Module Note 297-043, October 1996. (Revised April 2011.)
- October 1996 (Revised March 1998)
- Case
Schroder Ventures: Launch of the Euro Fund
By: Josh Lerner, Kate Bringham and Nick Ferguson
Schroder Ventures is considering launching a pan-European fund in response to investor demand. This will lead to changes in the interactions between the parent organization and the national affiliates. A related question is the extent to which the private equity model...
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Keywords:
Change;
Private Equity;
Investment Funds;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Product Launch;
Europe
Lerner, Josh, Kate Bringham, and Nick Ferguson. "Schroder Ventures: Launch of the Euro Fund." Harvard Business School Case 297-026, October 1996. (Revised March 1998.)
- October 1996
- Article
The Use of Covenants: An Empirical Analysis of Venture Partnership Agreements
By: Paul A. Gompers and J. Lerner
Gompers, Paul A., and J. Lerner. "The Use of Covenants: An Empirical Analysis of Venture Partnership Agreements." Journal of Law & Economics 39, no. 2 (October 1996): 463–498. (Condensed version reprinted in Investment Policy 1 (September/October 1997): 122-130.)
- September 1996 (Revised April 1997)
- Case
GO Corporation
By: Josh Lerner, Thomas J. Kosnik, Tarek AbuZayyad and Paul C. Yang
GO faces a crisis in March 1991 when Microsoft announces the introduction of a competing operating system for pen-based computers. GO's managers must work with its venture financers, Kleiner Perkins, to redesign its financing, alliance, and product development...
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Keywords:
Value Creation;
Digital Platforms;
Competition;
Private Equity;
Adaptation;
Crisis Management;
Information Technology Industry;
Computer Industry
Lerner, Josh, Thomas J. Kosnik, Tarek AbuZayyad, and Paul C. Yang. "GO Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 297-021, September 1996. (Revised April 1997.)
- May 1996 (Revised November 1997)
- Case
Northeast Ventures: January 1996
By: Josh Lerner and Eric K. Jackson
Northeast Ventures, a venture capital fund focusing on the development of northeastern Minnesota, seeks to combine social goals with financial returns. This marriage poses several challenges.
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Lerner, Josh, and Eric K. Jackson. "Northeast Ventures: January 1996." Harvard Business School Case 296-093, May 1996. (Revised November 1997.)
- January 1996
- Case
Outrage in Cyberspace: CompuServe and the GIF Patent
By: Josh Lerner and Benjamin Conway
CompuServe, an online services vendor, informs its software developers that they must enter into a licensing agreement to use the popular GIF compression. CompuServe claims that it is forced to do so because Unisys is enforcing its patent rights in this area. Others...
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Keywords:
Patents;
Technological Innovation;
Internet and the Web;
Information Technology;
Competitive Strategy;
Internet and the Web;
Web Services Industry
Lerner, Josh, and Benjamin Conway. "Outrage in Cyberspace: CompuServe and the GIF Patent." Harvard Business School Case 296-057, January 1996.
- January 1996 (Revised November 1997)
- Case
Weston Presidio Offshore Capital: Confronting the Fundraising Challenge
By: Josh Lerner
Weston Presidio Capital encounters substantial difficulties while raising its first fund. The incentives and roles of investment advisors ("gatekeepers") pension funds and consultants are explored. The relationship with lead investors is considered.
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Keywords:
Private Equity;
Financing and Loans;
Investment Funds;
Markets;
Problems and Challenges;
Relationships;
Motivation and Incentives;
Financial Services Industry
Lerner, Josh. "Weston Presidio Offshore Capital: Confronting the Fundraising Challenge." Harvard Business School Case 296-055, January 1996. (Revised November 1997.)
- December 1995 (Revised March 1998)
- Case
FOX Venture Partners: Enriching the Private Equity Investor Pool
By: Josh Lerner
FOX Venture Partners (FVP) is a proposed "Fund-of-Funds" that will enable wealthy individuals to invest in venture capital. While several leading venture capitalists are enthusiastic about the concept, FVP's general partners are finding it difficult to invest...
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Lerner, Josh. "FOX Venture Partners: Enriching the Private Equity Investor Pool." Harvard Business School Case 296-041, December 1995. (Revised March 1998.)
- December 1995 (Revised December 1995)
- Case
Yale University Investments Office
By: Josh Lerner and Jay O. Light
Yale University's investment office was responsible for managing its endowment, which totaled nearly $4 billion in June 1995. Yale had developed a rather different approach to endowment management, including substantial investments in "less efficient" equity markets...
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Keywords:
Assets;
Private Equity;
Investment;
Investment Return;
Management;
Markets;
Strategy;
Education Industry
Lerner, Josh, and Jay O. Light. "Yale University Investments Office." Harvard Business School Case 296-040, December 1995. (Revised December 1995.)
- November 1995 (Revised October 2000)
- Case
Acme Investment Trust
By: Josh Lerner
Acme Investment Trust is considering investing in a private equity partnership that is seeking only 15% of the profits, instead of the standard 20%. The management fee requested, however, is higher than in its earlier fund. The pension managers must consider the...
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Keywords:
Compensation and Benefits;
Private Equity;
Organizations;
Investment Funds;
Motivation and Incentives;
Financial Services Industry
Lerner, Josh. "Acme Investment Trust." Harvard Business School Case 296-042, November 1995. (Revised October 2000.)
- Article
Pricing and Financial Resources: An Analysis of the Disk Drive Industry, 1980-88
By: J. Lerner
Lerner, J. "Pricing and Financial Resources: An Analysis of the Disk Drive Industry, 1980-88." Review of Economics and Statistics 77, no. 4 (November 1995): 585–598. (Symposium on Hedonic Methods in Industrial Economics.)
- October 1995 (Revised November 1997)
- Case
Apex Investment Partners (A): April 1995
By: Josh Lerner
The partners of Apex Investment Partners are seeking to provide financing for Accessine Technologies, a small firm specializing in providing "One Person, One Number" telecommunication services. The negotiation of the terms-and-conditions of the deal, as well as its...
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Keywords:
Negotiation Process;
Negotiation Offer;
Negotiation Participants;
Problems and Challenges;
Financing and Loans;
Communication Technology;
Financial Services Industry;
Telecommunications Industry
Lerner, Josh. "Apex Investment Partners (A): April 1995." Harvard Business School Case 296-028, October 1995. (Revised November 1997.)
- October 1995 (Revised November 1997)
- Supplement
Apex Investment Partners (B): May 1995
By: Josh Lerner and Sanjiv R. Das
Examines the warrant pricing.
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Keywords:
Financial Instruments
Lerner, Josh, and Sanjiv R. Das. "Apex Investment Partners (B): May 1995." Harvard Business School Supplement 296-029, October 1995. (Revised November 1997.)
- Article
Patenting in the Shadow of Competitors
By: J. Lerner
Lerner, J. "Patenting in the Shadow of Competitors." Journal of Law & Economics 38, no. 2 (October 1995): 563–595.
- October 1995
- Article
Symposium on Harrison's "Lean and Mean": A Finance Perspective
By: Josh Lerner
Lerner, Josh. Symposium on Harrison's "Lean and Mean": A Finance Perspective. Small Business Economics 7, no. 5 (October 1995): 345–347.
- September 1995 (Revised May 1998)
- Case
RogersCasey Alternative Investments: Innovative Response to the Distribution Challenge
By: Josh Lerner
RogersCasey Alternative Investments faces the challenge of managing distributions of stock by the private equity investors in which their clients have invested. These distributed shares appear to behave in complex ways, apparently at odds with market efficiency. A...
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Keywords:
Private Equity;
Stocks;
Financial Strategy;
Investment;
Innovation Strategy;
Management;
Distribution;
Performance;
Behavior
Lerner, Josh. "RogersCasey Alternative Investments: Innovative Response to the Distribution Challenge." Harvard Business School Case 296-024, September 1995. (Revised May 1998.)
- April 1995
- Teaching Note
EMC Corporation: Response to Shareholder Litigation (Case Series) TN
By: Josh Lerner
Teaching Note for (9-294-070) and (9-294-071).
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