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- April 2011
- Article
Private Equity and Long-Run Investment: The Case of Innovation
By: Josh Lerner, Morten Sorensen and Per Stromberg
A long-standing controversy is whether LBOs relieve managers from short-term pressures of dispersed shareholders, or whether LBO funds themselves are driven by short-term profit motives and sacrifice long-term growth to boost short-term performance. We investigate 495...
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Lerner, Josh, Morten Sorensen, and Per Stromberg. "Private Equity and Long-Run Investment: The Case of Innovation." Journal of Finance 66, no. 2 (April 2011): 445–477.
- Web
Research - Race, Gender & Equity
focused on racial... August 2023 Case Beamery: Using Skills and AI to Modernize HR By: Boris Groysberg, Alexis Lefort, Susan Pinckney and Carolina Bartunek Unicorn human relationships startup Beamery evaluates it's growth versus depth...
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- Program
Foundations of Private Equity and Venture Capital
industry models, from venture capital to growth equity to buyouts, as well as the key issues related to investment criteria, management strategies, and decision-making processes. For executives with...
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- January 2004 (Revised April 2004)
- Case
Ford Motor Company: Quality of Earnings Growth Analysis (A)
By: David F. Hawkins and Jacob Cohen
Even though Ford Motor Co. reports improved profitability, an equity analyst issues a sell recommendation and Standard & Poor's downgrades long-term debt.
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Keywords:
Quality;
Business Earnings;
Valuation;
Investment Return;
Profit;
Financial Statements;
Revenue;
Auto Industry;
Consulting Industry
Hawkins, David F., and Jacob Cohen. "Ford Motor Company: Quality of Earnings Growth Analysis (A)." Harvard Business School Case 104-059, January 2004. (Revised April 2004.)
- 08 Jan 2020
- Blog Post
Know Your Audience - Recruiting HBS Students for Private Equity
typically bring deep expertise from other industries. Through his coaching conversations with students, Jonathan has found, “Students in the past few years have been especially drawn to growth equity as it...
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Keywords:
Venture Capital / Private Equity
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Is Private Equity Blockchain’s Killer App?
O’Grady is cognizant that expansion will take time. “It’s not as though by the end of the year we’re going to have all of our private equity fund clients [on blockchain], because it’s still the early days of the application of this...
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Dan Morrell
- 2014
- Article
The Growth and Limits of Arbitrage: Evidence from Short Interest
By: Samuel G. Hanson and Adi Sunderam
We develop a novel methodology to infer the amount of capital allocated to quantitative equity arbitrage strategies. Using this methodology, which exploits time-variation in the cross section of short interest, we document that the amount of capital devoted to value...
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Hanson, Samuel G., and Adi Sunderam. "The Growth and Limits of Arbitrage: Evidence from Short Interest." Review of Financial Studies 27, no. 4 (April 2014): 1238–1286. (Winner of the RFS Rising Scholar Prize 2014. Internet Appendix Here.)
- 10 Aug 2020
- Blog Post
HBS Summer Fellows Focus on Racial Equity and Justice
The HBS Social Enterprise Initiative aims to educate, support, and inspire leaders to tackle society’s toughest challenges and make a difference in the world. We are committed to the fight for racial justice and to promoting diversity and View Details
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Private Equity Finance - Course Catalog
The course offers a deep dive into growth equity and buyouts, also touching on closely related investing strategies such as distress and private debt. Students will examine a wide variety of investment...
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- 18 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Unseen Link Between Savings and National Growth
paper concludes that savings contributes to growth in locations where entrepreneurs and companies lack access to necessary technological advances, in countries far away from the "technological frontier." To overcome this...
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by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- Web
News & Commentary - Advancing Racial Equity
diversity, and opportunity post COVID-19. Messages of Support African American Student Union The Forum for Growth & Innovation Race, Gender & Equity Initiative Harvard Alumni Association Harvard Business...
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- 01 Feb 2013
- News
Growth Strategy Has Double Bottom Line
Hourdequin (MBA 2005), managing directors at the Lyme Timber Company in Hanover, New Hampshire, work hard to make the double bottom line a reality. Founded in 1976, Lyme Timber Company is a timberland investment management organization (TIMO), a private View Details
When the Tailwind Stops: The Private Equity Industry in the New Interest Rate Environment
The consistent growth of long-term alternative asset managers in the past four decades coincided with the secular decline in interest rates. This has been an important tailwind for the private equity industry’s development as debt markets became increasingly... View Details
- 2022
- Working Paper
House Prices, Home Equity and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from U.S. Census Micro Data
By: Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr and Ramana Nanda
During 1992-2007, house price growth is strongly correlated with local entrepreneurship. We show with Census Bureau data that most of this entry is related to construction and real estate; these entrants tend to be small and short-lived. Using a 1998 Texas reform that...
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Kerr, Sari Pekkala, William R. Kerr, and Ramana Nanda. "House Prices, Home Equity and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from U.S. Census Micro Data." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 15-069, February 2015. (Revised June 2022.)
- June 2012
- Background Note
Note on Financing Growth in Family Firms
By: Belen Villalonga
Keywords:
Business Growth and Maturation;
Family Business;
Private Equity;
Joint Ventures;
Initial Public Offering
Villalonga, Belen. "Note on Financing Growth in Family Firms." Harvard Business School Background Note 212-121, June 2012.
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Managing Customers for Growth - Course Catalog
customer relationships Entrepreneurs looking to create and grow their own customer-centric firm Students seeking positions in venture capital, private equity, or investment management firms, seeking to identify firm’s growth potential and...
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- February 2023 (Revised March 2023)
- Case
The LPGA’s Long Drive Toward Gender Equity
By: Boris Groysberg and Alexis Lefort
This case provides a history of the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) and examines the reasons for the gender pay gap in professional sports. The case protagonist, the commissioner of the LPGA, wrestles with the opportunities and challenges the LPGA currently...
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Keywords:
Decision Making;
Gender;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Mission and Purpose;
Sports Industry;
United States
Groysberg, Boris, and Alexis Lefort. "The LPGA’s Long Drive Toward Gender Equity." Harvard Business School Case 423-037, February 2023. (Revised March 2023.)
- September 2022
- Article
House Prices, Home Equity and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from U.S. Census Micro Data
By: Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr and Ramana Nanda
During 1992-2007, house price growth is strongly correlated with local entrepreneurship. We show with Census Bureau data that most of this entry is related to construction and real estate; these entrants tend to be small and short-lived. Using a 1998 Texas reform that...
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Keywords:
House Prices;
Collateral Channel;
Entry;
Entrepreneurship;
Housing;
Real Estate Industry;
Construction Industry
Kerr, Sari Pekkala, William R. Kerr, and Ramana Nanda. "House Prices, Home Equity and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from U.S. Census Micro Data." Journal of Monetary Economics 130 (September 2022): 103–119.
- August 2018
- Case
Tapping Growth at Lord Hobo Brewing Company
By: Ethan Rouen and Susanna Gallani
Lord Hobo Brewing Company accounts for its inventory process as it prepares to create its first set of professional financial statements for investors.
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Keywords:
Inventory;
Start-ups;
Craft Brewing;
Investing;
GAAP;
Brand Management;
Accounting;
Working Capital;
Entrepreneurship;
Private Equity;
Business Startups;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Boston;
New England;
United States
Rouen, Ethan, and Susanna Gallani. "Tapping Growth at Lord Hobo Brewing Company." Harvard Business School Case 119-028, August 2018.
- November 2019 (Revised February 2020)
- Case
Constellation Brands' Investment in Canopy Growth: Aiming High
By: Stuart C. Gilson and Sarah L. Abbott
In 2017, Constellation Brands, the U.S.-based beverage company, acquired a 9.9% equity interest in the Canadian marijuana company, Canopy Growth. In 2018, Constellation announced a subsequent investment in Canopy—taking its ownership interest to 37%. However, Canopy’s...
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Keywords:
Equity Investment;
Marijuana;
Growth Investing;
New Market Development;
Beverage Industry;
Equity;
Investment;
Strategy;
Consulting Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Canada;
United States
Gilson, Stuart C., and Sarah L. Abbott. "Constellation Brands' Investment in Canopy Growth: Aiming High." Harvard Business School Case 220-044, November 2019. (Revised February 2020.)