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- March 1998
- Teaching Note
Acme Investment Trust TN
By: Josh Lerner
Teaching Note for (9-296-042).
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Financial Services Industry
- March 1998
- Teaching Note
FOX Venture Partners TN
By: Josh Lerner
Teaching Note for (9-296-041).
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- March 1998
- Teaching Note
Yale University Investments Office and Yale University Investments Office: November 1997 (TN)
By: Josh Lerner
Teaching Note for (9-296-040) and (9-298-077).
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- March 1998 (Revised December 1998)
- Case
BCI Growth III: May 1993
By: Josh Lerner
A Vermont solid-waste company seeks mezzanine financing to finance its strategy of acquiring and consolidating local competitors. The mezzanine private equity group must decide whether this investment offers an attractive risk-return tradeoff.
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Keywords:
Private Equity;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Consolidation;
Wastes and Waste Processing;
Acquisition;
Service Industry;
Vermont
Lerner, Josh. "BCI Growth III: May 1993." Harvard Business School Case 298-093, March 1998. (Revised December 1998.)
- March 1998 (Revised June 1998)
- Case
BCI Growth III: November 1993
By: Josh Lerner
Supplements BCI Growth III: May 1993.
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Keywords:
Private Equity;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Consolidation;
Acquisition;
Wastes and Waste Processing;
Service Industry;
United States
Lerner, Josh. "BCI Growth III: November 1993." Harvard Business School Case 298-103, March 1998. (Revised June 1998.)
- February 1998 (Revised April 1998)
- Case
Xerox Technology Ventures: January 1997
By: Josh Lerner
Supplements Xerox Technology Ventures: March 1995.
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Lerner, Josh. "Xerox Technology Ventures: January 1997." Harvard Business School Case 298-109, February 1998. (Revised April 1998.)
- Article
The Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights: A Survey of the Empirical Literature
By: Josh Lerner and Jenny Lanjouw
Lerner, Josh, and Jenny Lanjouw. "The Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights: A Survey of the Empirical Literature." Special Issue on The Economics and Econometrics of Innovation. Annales d'économie et de statistique, nos. 49-50 (January–June 1998): 223–246.
- December 1997 (Revised September 1998)
- Case
Yale University Investments Office: November 1997
By: Josh Lerner
David Swensen, chief investment officer at Yale University, reviews the $6 billion endowment strategy, which places an unusually heavy emphasis on private equity and other illiquid securities. Changing market conditions in November 1997 cause him to rethink...
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Keywords:
Change;
Private Equity;
Financial Liquidity;
Investment;
Marketing Strategy;
Strategy;
Education Industry
Lerner, Josh. "Yale University Investments Office: November 1997." Harvard Business School Case 298-077, December 1997. (Revised September 1998.)
- November 1997 (Revised January 2003)
- Case
Martin Smith: January 2002
By: Josh Lerner
An MBA student must choose between offers from three private equity organizations. Each organization has distinct strengths and weaknesses, and different implications for the student's career development. The case presents compensation and employment data about the...
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Keywords:
Private Equity;
Compensation and Benefits;
Analytics and Data Science;
Job Offer;
Personal Development and Career
Lerner, Josh. "Martin Smith: January 2002." Harvard Business School Case 298-076, November 1997. (Revised January 2003.)
- fall 1997
- Article
Venture Capital and the Creation of Public Companies: Do Venture Capitalists Really Bring More than Money?
By: Paul A. Gompers and Josh Lerner
Gompers, Paul A., and Josh Lerner. "Venture Capital and the Creation of Public Companies: Do Venture Capitalists Really Bring More than Money?" Journal of Private Equity 1, no. 1 (Fall 1997): 15–32.
- 1997
- Chapter
Patent Scope and Emerging Industries: Biotechnology, Software, and Beyond
By: Josh Lerner and Robert P. Merges
Keywords:
Patents;
Applications and Software;
Genetics;
Information Technology Industry;
Biotechnology Industry
Lerner, Josh, and Robert P. Merges. "Patent Scope and Emerging Industries: Biotechnology, Software, and Beyond." In Competing in the Age of Digital Convergence, edited by D. B. Yoffie, 301–324. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1997.
- January 1997 (Revised November 1997)
- Case
Fojtasek Companies and Heritage Partners, The: March 1995
By: Samuel L. Hayes III and Josh Lerner
The Fojtasek Companies, a family business, faces several financing choices to address generational succession issues. Several buyouts have expressed interest in acquiring the firm outright; an investment bank has proposed a leveraged recapitalization; and a private...
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Keywords:
Family Ownership;
Financing and Loans;
Private Equity;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Investment Banking;
Partners and Partnerships;
Management Succession;
Capital Structure;
Financial Strategy
Hayes, Samuel L., III, and Josh Lerner. "Fojtasek Companies and Heritage Partners, The: March 1995." Harvard Business School Case 297-046, January 1997. (Revised November 1997.)
- 1997
- Chapter
Discussion of "Microeconomic Policy, Technological Change, and Small Business" by Edwin Mansfield
By: Joshua Lerner
Edwin Mansfield’s thoughtful review of the literature on the economics of technological change raises a variety of interesting issues, far too many to address in a few pages. Consequently I will focus my discussion on the section that I found most challenging and...
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Lerner, Joshua. Discussion of "Microeconomic Policy, Technological Change, and Small Business" by Edwin Mansfield. In Technology and Growth: Proceedings of the 40th Economic Conference, edited by Jeffrey C. Fuhrer and Jane Sneddon Little, 208–213. Boston: Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, 1997.
- October 1996 (Revised March 2011)
- Background Note
Note on Valuation in Private Equity Settings, A
By: Josh Lerner and John Willinge
This note discusses several ways in which venture-backed firms can be valued, including comparables, net present value, decision-tree analysis, and the "venture capital method."
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Lerner, Josh, and John Willinge. "Note on Valuation in Private Equity Settings, A." Harvard Business School Background Note 297-050, October 1996. (Revised March 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.)
- 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.)