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- June 2002
- Article
Some Simple Economics of Open Source
By: Josh Lerner and Jean Tirole
Keywords:
Economics
Lerner, Josh, and Jean Tirole. "Some Simple Economics of Open Source." Journal of Industrial Economics 50, no. 2 (June 2002): 197–234. (Earlier versions distributed as HBS Working Paper No. 00-068 and NBER Working Paper No. 7600.)
- 5 Feb 2013
- Conference Presentation
Financing Entrepreneurial Growth
By: Tom Alberg, Andrew A. Bogan, Harold Bradley, Robert D. Cooter, Monika Gruter Cheney, Oliver R. Goodenough, William R. Hambrecht, Frank Hatheway, Thomas F. Hellmann, Marianne Hudson, Jared Konczal, Josh Lerner, Robert E. Litan, Diane Mulcahy, Ramana Nanda, Frank Partnoy, Joe Ratterman, Nava Ravikant, Jay R. Ritter, Alicia Robb, David T. Robinson, Allison Schrager, Barry Silbert, E. R. Sirri, Daniel Stangler and Sharon Vosmek
Despite recent innovations in entrepreneurial finance, particularly at the early stage of business creation, many new and young companies continue to face hurdles to acquire capital.
The Kauffman Foundation addressed current challenges and opportunities in... View Details
Alberg, Tom, Andrew A. Bogan, Harold Bradley, Robert D. Cooter, Monika Gruter Cheney, Oliver R. Goodenough, William R. Hambrecht, Frank Hatheway, Thomas F. Hellmann, Marianne Hudson, Jared Konczal, Josh Lerner, Robert E. Litan, Diane Mulcahy, Ramana Nanda, Frank Partnoy, Joe Ratterman, Nava Ravikant, Jay R. Ritter, Alicia Robb, David T. Robinson, Allison Schrager, Barry Silbert, E. R. Sirri, Daniel Stangler, and Sharon Vosmek. "Financing Entrepreneurial Growth." Paper presented at the State of Entrepreneurship Address, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Washington, DC, USA, February 5, 2013.
- 2016
- Working Paper
Intellectual Property Rights Protection, Ownership, and Innovation: Evidence from China
By: Lily Fang, Josh Lerner and Chaopeng Wu
Using a difference-in-difference approach, we study how intellectual property right (IPR) protection affects innovation in China in the years around the privatizations of state-owned enterprises (SOEs). Innovation increases after SOE privatizations, and this increase...
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Fang, Lily, Josh Lerner, and Chaopeng Wu. "Intellectual Property Rights Protection, Ownership, and Innovation: Evidence from China." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 22685, September 2016.
- October 2011 (Revised December 2011)
- Case
Vignette: Alternative Liquidity Options
By: Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
The growth of companies that facilitate the sales of unregistered stock, such as that granted to employees of successful but long-private companies, has raised a number of questions among regulators, investors, and company founders. This brief vignette sketches out...
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Hardymon, Felda, Josh Lerner, and Ann Leamon. "Vignette: Alternative Liquidity Options." Harvard Business School Case 812-070, October 2011. (Revised December 2011.)
- 2015
- Working Paper
The Impact of Funds: An Evaluation of CDC 2004-12
By: Josh Lerner, Ann Leamon, Steve Dew and Dong Ik Lee
CDC was founded in 1948 as part of the U.K. government's efforts to develop the economic resources of Britain's remaining colonies. Since then, CDC has pursued a series of strategies to "do good without losing money," as its original mission was phrased. Its approach...
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Lerner, Josh, Ann Leamon, Steve Dew, and Dong Ik Lee. "The Impact of Funds: An Evaluation of CDC 2004-12." Working Paper, October 2015.
- January 1994 (Revised July 1998)
- Case
Repligen Corporation: January 1992
By: Josh Lerner and David Kane
Sandford Smith, CEO of Repligen, faces the breakdown of negotiations about a proposed joint venture with a large pharmaceutical firm. He must decide whether to proceed using his firm's internal resources or whether to seek to revise the proposed collaboration. If the...
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Lerner, Josh, and David Kane. "Repligen Corporation: January 1992." Harvard Business School Case 294-082, January 1994. (Revised July 1998.)
- April 1993 (Revised February 1996)
- Supplement
ALZA and Bio-Electro Systems (B1): Rights Offering Strategy
By: Josh Lerner and Peter Tufano
Supplements the (A) case. Describes the CEO's decision.
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Lerner, Josh, and Peter Tufano. "ALZA and Bio-Electro Systems (B1): Rights Offering Strategy." Harvard Business School Supplement 293-125, April 1993. (Revised February 1996.)
- 2004
- Chapter
Venture Capital
By: Paul Gompers and Josh Lerner
Keywords:
Venture Capital
Gompers, Paul, and Josh Lerner. "Venture Capital." Chap. D5 of Handbook of Modern Finance, edited by James Seward and Dennis Logue. New York: Warren, Gorham & Lamont, 2004.
- winter 2000
- Article
Assessing the Impact of Venture Capital to Innovation
By: Samuel Kortum and Josh Lerner
We examine the influence of venture capital on patented inventions in the United States across twenty industries over three decades. We address concerns about causality in several ways, including exploiting a 1979 policy shift that spurred venture capital fundraising....
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Kortum, Samuel, and Josh Lerner. "Assessing the Impact of Venture Capital to Innovation." RAND Journal of Economics 31, no. 4 (winter 2000): 674–692. (Supplemental appendix.)
- Fall 2017
- Article
An Empirical Analysis of Investment Return Dispersion in Emerging Markets Private Equity
By: Josh Lerner and Mark Baker
The authors use transaction-level data to compare the dispersion of private equity (PE) returns in emerging markets (EMs) to the same in developed markets (DMs). They regress within-market absolute deviation from the mean on an EM indicator and controls. They find...
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Lerner, Josh, and Mark Baker. "An Empirical Analysis of Investment Return Dispersion in Emerging Markets Private Equity." Journal of Private Equity 20, no. 4 (Fall 2017): 15–24.
- October 2012 (Revised February 2013)
- Case
Innova Capital: The Transition
By: Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
The partners at Innova Capital, a leading mid-market private equity investor in Poland, must negotiate a transition of power between the two ex-patriate founders and three talented young Polish partners. If they fail to find an accomodation, the entire firm will...
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Keywords:
Firm Structure;
Career Management;
Emerging Market;
Succession;
Entrepreneurship;
Private Equity;
Venture Capital;
Negotiation;
Investment;
Restructuring;
Transition
Lerner, Josh, and Ann Leamon. "Innova Capital: The Transition." Harvard Business School Case 813-064, October 2012. (Revised February 2013.)
- August 2012
- Teaching Note
Messer Griesheim (A) (Abridged) and (B) (TN)
By: Josh Lerner and Eva Lutz
Teaching Note for 813-018 and 809-057
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- November 2011
- Teaching Note
Altoona State Investment Board: December 2008 (TN)
By: Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
- October 2011 (Revised March 2013)
- Case
Yale University Investments Office: February 2011
By: Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
David Swensen and the Investments Office staff must decide whether to continue to allocate the bulk of the university's endowment to illiquid investments—hedge funds, private equity, real estate—given the impact of the recent market turmoil. The case explores the risks...
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Keywords:
Asset Management;
Resource Allocation;
Investment;
Venture Capital;
Investment Funds;
Property;
Private Equity
Lerner, Josh, and Ann Leamon. "Yale University Investments Office: February 2011." Harvard Business School Case 812-062, October 2011. (Revised March 2013.)
- Article
Public Policy Towards Patent Pools
By: Josh Lerner and Jean Tirole
Lerner, Josh, and Jean Tirole. "Public Policy Towards Patent Pools." Innovation Policy and the Economy 8 (2007): 157–186.
- September 2008 (Revised September 2010)
- Case
Ithmar Capital
By: Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
The founders of Ithmar Capital, a mid-market private equity fund targeting businesses in and addressing the Gulf Co-operation Council countries, are about to raise their third fund, targeting $1 billion. The firm's current strategy as demonstrated in Funds I ($70...
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Keywords:
Private Equity;
Financial Management;
Investment Funds;
Investment Portfolio;
Financial Services Industry
Lerner, Josh, and Ann Leamon. "Ithmar Capital." Harvard Business School Case 809-032, September 2008. (Revised September 2010.)
- July 2008
- Teaching Note
Yale University Investments Office: August 2006 (TN)
By: Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
Teaching Note for [807073].
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- 2012
- Chapter
Technological Innovation and Organizations
By: Pierre Azoulay and Josh Lerner
Azoulay, Pierre, and Josh Lerner. "Technological Innovation and Organizations." Chap. 14 in Handbook of Organizational Economics, edited by Robert Gibbons and John Roberts, 575–603. Princeton University Press, 2012.
- March 2010
- Article
Contractibility and Contract Design in Strategic Alliances
By: Josh Lerner and Ulrike Malmendier
Earlier version distributed as National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper No. 11292.
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Lerner, Josh, and Ulrike Malmendier. "Contractibility and Contract Design in Strategic Alliances." American Economic Review 100, no. 1 (March 2010): 44.