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- October 2010 (Revised January 2011)
- Case
Charter Communications Bankruptcy
By: Paul A. Gompers and Emily Weisburst
Charter Communications' bankruptcy presents an opportunity for some of its creditors to convert their debt holdings into equity. A mutual fund manager must determine how to maximize his debt investment in Charter given the restructuring and decide whether to...
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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship
About Rock Advisory Board The Rock Center’s Advisory Board is responsible for providing strategic direction for the Rock Center and its staff. The Advisory Board includes HBS entrepreneurial alumni, HBS faculty, and HBS staff. Paul Baier...
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- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Three Appointed to Endowed Professorships
Paul A. Gompers, Roy and Elizabeth Simmons Professor of Business Administration Paul Gompers specializes in research on financial issues related...
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Marketing Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Matthew Danielson. Sunil Gupta: Invited by the Economic Sciences Prize Committee to nominate a person for the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2016, 2017, and 2018. Navid Mojir: Member of the Edward A. Bouchet...
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Faculty & Advisors - MBA
Design Theory and Practice, and is a co-founder of Leadin’Lab, the laboratory on the LEAdership, Design and Innovation at the School of Management of Politecnico di Milano. Conor J Walsh Paul A. Maeder...
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- March 2003 (Revised November 2009)
- Case
Hudson Manufacturing Company
By: Paul A. Gompers and Vanessa del Valle Broussard
Concerns the decision by Brett Keith and Owen Colligan to purchase Hudson Manufacturing, a maker of heaters and air filtration units for the military. Keith and Colligan have organized a search fund and identified Hudson as a potential buyout. The decline in the...
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Investment;
Pollutants;
Industrial Products Industry;
Manufacturing Industry
Gompers, Paul A., and Vanessa del Valle Broussard. "Hudson Manufacturing Company." Harvard Business School Case 203-064, March 2003. (Revised November 2009.)
- 12 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 12
Abstract This book presents new research on the historical impact of globalization on Argentina and Chile. The authors focus on the role of entrepreneurs and firms. The Role of Venture Capitalists in the Acquisition of Private Companies Authors: View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Environmental Quality - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
impact profitability and its relationship to sustainable practices. Publications & Resources Jun 2010 Chair’s Paper The Porter Hypothesis at 20: Can Environmental Regulation Enhance Innovation & Competitiveness? by Stefan Ambec, Mark...
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- October 2003
- Article
The Determinants of Board Structure at the Initial Public Offering
By: Malcolm Baker and Paul Gompers
This paper describes board size and composition and investigates the role of venture capital in a sample of 1,116 firms' initial public offerings. First, firms backed by venture capital have fewer insider and instrumental directors and more independent...
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Keywords:
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Venture Capital;
Initial Public Offering;
Managerial Roles;
Power and Influence
Baker, Malcolm, and Paul Gompers. "The Determinants of Board Structure at the Initial Public Offering." Journal of Law & Economics 46, no. 2 (October 2003): 569–598.
- February 2024
- Case
Taffi: Entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia
By: Paul A. Gompers and Fares Khrais
Taffi was a tech-enabled fashion styling startup founded by Shahad Geoffrey in Saudi Arabia in 2020. Within three years of operating, Geoferry had pivoted the business multiple times. In 2023, Geoferry was attempting the business’s most ambitious pivot yet, shifting...
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- October 2013
- Module Note
Note on LBO Capital Structure
By: Victoria Ivashina, Paul A. Gompers, Paul A. Gompers, Victoria Ivashina, Joris Van Gool and Joris Van Gool
This note discusses the capital structure often found in LBO transactions. Although the specifics of each capital structure vary case by case, in any given year, there is a great deal of similarity in the capital structure of these buyouts. These similarities exist...
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Gompers, Paul A., Victoria Ivashina, and Joris Van Gool. "Note on LBO Capital Structure." Harvard Business School Module Note 214-039, October 2013.
- 2017
- Working Paper
Diversity in Innovation
By: Paul A. Gompers and Sophie Q. Wang
In this paper we document the patterns of labor market participation by women and ethnic minorities in venture capital firms and as founders of venture capital-backed startups. We show that from 1990-2016 women have been less than 10% of the entrepreneurial and venture...
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Gompers, Paul A., and Sophie Q. Wang. "Diversity in Innovation." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-067, January 2017.
- 2017
- Working Paper
Homophily in Entrepreneurial Team Formation
By: Paul A. Gompers, Kevin Huang and Sophie Q. Wang
We study the role of homophily in group formation. Using a unique dataset of MBA students, we observe homophily in ethnicity and gender increases the probability of forming teams by 25%. Homophily in education and past working experience increases the probability of...
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Gompers, Paul A., Kevin Huang, and Sophie Q. Wang. "Homophily in Entrepreneurial Team Formation." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-104, May 2017.
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Entrepreneurial Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Association’s NASDAQ Award for Best Paper on Capital Formation for "Transaction Structures in Developing Countries: The Case of Private Equity" (with Antoinette Schoar). 2002 Paul A. Gompers: Winner of the...
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Winners & Runners-up - New Venture Competition
Boston-area shelter for battered women. 2001 Business Track Potentia Pharmaceuticals Alec Machiels, Angie You, Scott Sternson, Paul Ashby, Jason Hong, Martin Szummer, David Darst Business Track Winner Potentia Pharmaceuticals addresses...
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- 2009
- Other Unpublished Work
Bridge Building in Venture Capital-Backed Acquisitions
By: Paul A. Gompers and Yuhai Xuan
We study the role of common venture capital investors in alleviating asymmetric information between public acquirers and private venture capital-backed targets. We find that acquisition announcement returns are more positive for acquisitions in which both the target...
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Venture Capital;
Private Equity;
Knowledge Sharing;
Market Transactions
Gompers, Paul A., and Yuhai Xuan. "Bridge Building in Venture Capital-Backed Acquisitions." 2009.
- March 2021
- Case
CashDrop (A)
By: Rembrand Koning, Paul A. Gompers and Sarah Gulick
In July 2020, Ruben Flores-Martinez had launched a startup, CashDrop, which provided easy and cheap sales options for small businesses. The COVID-19 pandemic helped CashDrop quickly grow. Flores-Martinez, who had previously sought and been denied venture capital...
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Keywords:
Payment Systems;
Small Business;
Entrepreneurship;
Business Startups;
Venture Capital;
Online Technology;
Technology Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
Chicago;
Illinois
Koning, Rembrand, Paul A. Gompers, and Sarah Gulick. "CashDrop (A)." Harvard Business School Case 221-051, March 2021.
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Business, Government & the International Economy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
British Empire (Alfred A. Knopf, 2022) was selected for the 2022 Books of the Year by History Today. Caroline M. Elkins: Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire (Alfred View Details
- 21 Oct 2016
- News
The barbarian establishment
- Article
The Role of Lockups in Initial Public Offerings
By: Alon Brav and Paul A. Gompers
In a sample of 2,794 initial public offerings (IPOs), we test three potential explanations for the existence of IPO lockups: lockups serve as (i) a signal of firm quality, (ii) a commitment device to alleviate moral hazard problems, or (iii) a mechanism for...
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Keywords:
Initial Public Offering;
Quality;
Moral Sensibility;
Compensation and Benefits;
Venture Capital;
Problems and Challenges;
Stock Shares;
Going Public
Brav, Alon, and Paul A. Gompers. "The Role of Lockups in Initial Public Offerings." Review of Financial Studies 16, no. 1 (Spring 2003).