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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.)
- 2009
- Working Paper
Labor Regulations and European Private Equity
By: Ant Bozkaya and William R. Kerr
European nations substitute between employment protection regulations and labor market expenditures (e.g., unemployment insurance benefits) for providing worker insurance. Employment regulations more directly tax firms making frequent labor adjustments than other labor...
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Keywords:
Venture Capital;
Private Equity;
Insurance;
Investment;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Taxation;
Employment;
Europe
Bozkaya, Ant, and William R. Kerr. "Labor Regulations and European Private Equity." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-043, December 2009.
- 11 Oct 2007
- Working Paper Summaries
How Firms Respond to Being Rated
- 05 Nov 2019
- Working Paper Summaries
The Economic Effects of Private Equity Buyouts
Venture Capital and Private Equity: A Casebook
The 5th edition of Lerner's Venture Capital and Private Equity: A Casebook continues to present the important historical cases of private equity while incorporating a number of new relevant and timely cases from previous best-selling issues. It...
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- Program
Private Equity and Venture Capital
including: General partners and junior partners of private equity and venture capital firms Principals from the limited partner community who invest in private equity and...
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- 2022
- Working Paper
Racial Diversity in Private Capital Fundraising
By: Johan Cassel, Josh Lerner and Emmanuel Yimfor
Black- and Hispanic-owned funds control a very modest share of assets in the private capital
industry. We find that the sensitivity of follow-on fundraising to fund performance
is greater for minority-owned groups, particularly for underperforming groups. We...
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Keywords:
Buyouts;
Capital Formation;
Minorities;
Venture Capital;
Minority-owned Businesses;
Race;
Diversity;
Investment Funds;
Financial Services Industry
Cassel, Johan, Josh Lerner, and Emmanuel Yimfor. "Racial Diversity in Private Capital Fundraising." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 23-020, September 2022.
- March 1998
- Article
On the Sequencing of Privatization in Transition Economies
By: Gautam Ahuja and Sumit K. Majumdar
This paper presents an empirical criterion for establishing privatization priorities for state-owned enteiprises. The approach uses firm performance, defined as productive efficiency, as the basis for deciding the sequence in which firms are privatized. Sequencing is...
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Keywords:
Strategy;
Performance Efficiency;
Privatization;
Developing Countries and Economies;
Planning;
Service Industry;
India
Ahuja, Gautam, and Sumit K. Majumdar. "On the Sequencing of Privatization in Transition Economies." Industrial and Corporate Change 7, no. 1 (March 1998): 109–151.
- 15 Jul 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
Trade Policy and Firm Boundaries
- Teaching Interest
Private Equity and Venture Capital (Executive Education)
By: Josh Lerner
As equity markets appear to strengthen, interest rates remain low, and asset values look attractive, private equity firms are uniquely positioned to pursue new opportunities. This
- 14 Mar 2007
- Op-Ed
Government’s Misguided Probe of Private Equity
capital." Now modern-day trustbusters have again launched an investigation into collusion in financial services, this time focusing on private-equity firms. The Justice Department is concerned that private-equity firms are teaming up...
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- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Lessons from Private Equity
GADIESH: To reap private equity returns, act more like a private equity manager COURTESY OF BAIN & CO A recent Harvard Business Review article headlined “If Private Equity...
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- 18 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is Greed Ruining Private Equity Firms?
impression that a private equity firm is unstable. That perception creates a wariness to invest, which means a PE firm often struggles in its attempts to raise the next fund....
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- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Private Equity under Investigation
capital.” Now modern-day trustbusters have again launched an investigation into collusion in financial services, this time focusing on private-equity firms. The Justice Department is concerned that private-equity firms are teaming up to...
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- 16 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Private Meetings of Public Companies Thwart Disclosure Rules
senior management at public firms still spends a lot of time in private powwows with hedge fund managers at corporate headquarters, road shows, or conferences—an average of 17 to 26 days per year for each...
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- Article
Family Control of Firms and Industries
We test what explains family control of firms and industries and find that the explanation is largely contingent on the identity of families and individual blockholders. Founders and their families are more likely to retain control when doing so gives the firm a...
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Keywords:
Family Business;
Cost vs Benefits;
Governance Controls;
Family Ownership;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Competitive Advantage
Villalonga, Belen, and Raphael Amit. "Family Control of Firms and Industries." Financial Management 39, no. 3 (Fall 2010): 863–904. (Lead article.)
- March 2023 (Revised November 2023)
- Module Note
The Social Purpose of the Firm
By: Debora L. Spar and Julia M. Comeau
The Social Purpose of the Firm (SPF) is a short module designed to explore how, and under what circumstances, business leaders can harness the power of capitalism and markets to “make a difference in the world” – that is, to address a significant societal problem as a...
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Keywords:
Social Accounting;
Purpose;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Social Enterprise;
Mission and Purpose;
United States;
Sweden;
Kenya;
Netherlands
Spar, Debora L., and Julia M. Comeau. "The Social Purpose of the Firm." Harvard Business School Module Note 323-051, March 2023. (Revised November 2023.)
- Fast Answer
Private companies: fast growing
How can I find (or create) a list of fast-growing private companies? Create a list using Capital IQ: Go to Screening > Companies Under Company Details, click Company Type and select Private Company....
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- 2009
- Article
India Transformed: Insights from the Firm Level 1988–2007
By: Laura Alfaro and Anusha Chari
Using firm-level data, this paper analyzes the transformation of India's economic structure following the implementation of economic reforms. The focus of the study is on publicly listed and unlisted firms from across a wide spectrum of manufacturing and services...
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Keywords:
Financial Statements;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Transformation;
Economics;
Ownership;
Assets;
Sales;
Profit;
Stock Shares;
Private Sector;
Investment Return;
Manufacturing Industry;
Service Industry;
India
Alfaro, Laura, and Anusha Chari. "India Transformed: Insights from the Firm Level 1988–2007." India Policy Forum 6 (2009). (Also NBER Working Paper w15448. Featured in The Economist. Economics focus. "Dancing elephants. Is Indian capitalism becoming oligarchic?" Jan 27th 2011.)
- April 2019
- Article
Private Equity and Financial Fragility during the Crisis
By: Shai Bernstein, Josh Lerner and Filippo Mezzanotti
Do private equity firms contribute to financial fragility during economic crises? We find that during the 2008 financial crisis, PE-backed companies increased investments relative to their peers, while also experiencing greater equity and debt inflows. The effects are...
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Bernstein, Shai, Josh Lerner, and Filippo Mezzanotti. "Private Equity and Financial Fragility during the Crisis." Review of Financial Studies 32, no. 4 (April 2019): 1309–1373. (Earlier version distributed as National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper No. 23626 and Harvard Business School Working Paper No. 18-005.)