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- September 1998 (Revised May 2011)
- Background Note
Note on Private Equity Information Sources
By: Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
Provides an overview of key information sources about venture capital and private equity.
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Lerner, Josh, and Ann Leamon. "Note on Private Equity Information Sources." Harvard Business School Background Note 299-018, September 1998. (Revised May 2011.)
- April 1993 (Revised February 1996)
- Supplement
ALZA and Bio-Electro Systems (C): 1988-92
By: Josh Lerner and Peter Tufano
Supplements the (A) case. Describes the aftermarket performance of the units.
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Performance
Lerner, Josh, and Peter Tufano. "ALZA and Bio-Electro Systems (C): 1988-92." Harvard Business School Supplement 293-127, April 1993. (Revised February 1996.)
- April 1993 (Revised February 1996)
- Supplement
ALZA and Bio-Electro Systems (B2): The Rights Offering
By: Josh Lerner and Peter Tufano
Supplements the (A) case. Describes the implementation of the CEO's decision.
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Keywords:
Intellectual Property
Lerner, Josh, and Peter Tufano. "ALZA and Bio-Electro Systems (B2): The Rights Offering." Harvard Business School Supplement 293-126, April 1993. (Revised February 1996.)
- 2020
- Book
Innovation Policy and the Economy, Volume 20
By: Josh Lerner and Scott Stern
Lerner, Josh, and Scott Stern, eds. Innovation Policy and the Economy, Volume 20. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2020.
- November 2017
- Teaching Note
The Carlyle Group and Axalta
By: Josh Lerner and Alexey Tuzikov
Teaching Note for HBS No. 818-040.
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- September 2017 (Revised October 2017)
- Case
The Carlyle Group and Axalta
By: Josh Lerner and Alexey Tuzikov
Lerner, Josh, and Alexey Tuzikov. "The Carlyle Group and Axalta." Harvard Business School Case 818-040, September 2017. (Revised October 2017.)
- December 2015
- Case
KKR, Ringier Digital, and the Acquisition of Scout24 Switzerland
By: Josh Lerner and Nathaniel Burbank
Lerner, Josh, and Nathaniel Burbank. "KKR, Ringier Digital, and the Acquisition of Scout24 Switzerland." Harvard Business School Case 816-059, December 2015.
- March 2013 (Revised July 2014)
- Supplement
Bay Partners (B)
By: Josh Lerner and Lauren Barley
In December 2012, Salil Deshpande has rejoined Bay Partners (Bay), which had been restructured following the 2010 departures of three of its general partners. Life was good for Deshpande: his firm had distributed roughly $1 billion to its limited partners (LPs) over...
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Keywords:
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Investment Funds;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Financial Services Industry
Lerner, Josh, and Lauren Barley. "Bay Partners (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 213-103, March 2013. (Revised July 2014.)
- October 2001 (Revised March 2003)
- Case
Exxel Group, The: March 2001
By: Josh Lerner and Alberto Ballve
The Exxel Group, a leading Latin American buyout fund, faces a challenge when deciding whether and how to exit its largest investment. The capital markets are very weak, precluding an initial public offering. Undertaking a trade sale of the firm, however, proves to be...
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Keywords:
Venture Capital;
Private Equity;
Leveraged Buyouts;
Capital Markets;
Investment Funds;
Financial Strategy;
Financial Services Industry;
Latin America
Lerner, Josh, and Alberto Ballve. "Exxel Group, The: March 2001." Harvard Business School Case 202-053, October 2001. (Revised March 2003.)
- January 1999
- Article
An Analysis of Compensation in the U.S. Venture Capital Partnership
By: Paul Gompers and Josh Lerner
Gompers, Paul, and Josh Lerner. "An Analysis of Compensation in the U.S. Venture Capital Partnership." Journal of Financial Economics 51, no. 1 (January 1999): 3–44.
- 16 Sep 2022
- News
Softbank’s Executive Exodus Leaves Masayoshi Son in a Bind
- January 1994 (Revised November 1997)
- Case
Aberlyn Capital Management: July 1993
By: Josh Lerner and Peter Tufano
Aberlyn Capital Management, a venture leasing firm specializing in providing capital to biotechnology firms, proposes to introduce a new product. Aberlyn will base a lease on an intangible product: the patent of a biotechnology firm. This poses a series of short and...
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Keywords:
Financing and Loans;
Valuation;
Product Launch;
Problems and Challenges;
Patents;
Financial Instruments;
Financial Services Industry;
Biotechnology Industry
Lerner, Josh, and Peter Tufano. "Aberlyn Capital Management: July 1993." Harvard Business School Case 294-083, January 1994. (Revised November 1997.)
- August 2021 (Revised August 2021)
- Supplement
CPE and SUS Environmental: You’ve Got to Know When to Hold ‘Em (B)
By: Josh Lerner and Franko Jira
Lerner, Josh, and Franko Jira. "CPE and SUS Environmental: You’ve Got to Know When to Hold ‘Em (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 822-010, August 2021. (Revised August 2021.)
- June 2022
- Article
The Use and Misuse of Patent Data: Issues for Finance and Beyond
By: Josh Lerner and Amit Seru
Patents and citations are powerful tools for understanding innovation increasingly used in financial economics (and management research more broadly). Biases may result, however, from the interactions between the truncation of patents and citations and the changing...
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Lerner, Josh, and Amit Seru. "The Use and Misuse of Patent Data: Issues for Finance and Beyond." Review of Financial Studies 35, no. 6 (June 2022): 2667–2704.
- May 2021 (Revised September 2021)
- Case
CPE and SUS Environmental: You've Got to Know When to Hold 'Em
By: Josh Lerner and Franko Jira
In July 2016, Di Yang and Grace Guo of the leading Chinese private equity group CPE faced a dilemma—a happy dilemma, but a challenge nonetheless. CPE’s investment in the waste-to-energy firm SUS Environment had proved to be exceedingly successful. This success had...
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Keywords:
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Private Equity;
Financial Liquidity;
Investment Return;
Growth and Development
Lerner, Josh, and Franko Jira. "CPE and SUS Environmental: You've Got to Know When to Hold 'Em (A)." Harvard Business School Case 821-085, May 2021. (Revised September 2021.)
- June 1998
- Article
Stronger Protection or Technological Revolution: What is Behind the Recent Surge in Patenting?
By: Josh Lerner and Samuel Kortum
Lerner, Josh, and Samuel Kortum. "Stronger Protection or Technological Revolution: What is Behind the Recent Surge in Patenting?" Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy 49 (June 1998). (Abridged version reprinted as "What is Behind the Recent Surge in Patenting?" in Research Policy 28 (January 1999): 1-22.)
- February 2017
- Teaching Note
Sin Capital and the Fullerton Health IPO
By: Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
Teaching Note for HBS No. 817-030.
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- October 2013
- Case
Bay Partners (B) (Abridged)
By: Josh Lerner and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf
Abridged supplement for case 213102, for instructors who wish to have students review in class.
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Lerner, Josh, and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf. "Bay Partners (B) (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 214-042, October 2013.
- May 2011 (Revised May 2011)
- Background Note
A Note on European Private Equity
By: Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
This note provides an overview of private equity in Europe as of mid-2010.
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Lerner, Josh, and Ann Leamon. "A Note on European Private Equity." Harvard Business School Background Note 811-103, May 2011. (Revised May 2011.)
- October 2010 (Revised January 2012)
- Case
Hony, CIFA, and Zoomlion: Creating Value and Strategic Choices in a Dynamic Market
By: Josh Lerner and Yiwen Jin
The private equity group Hony Capital considers what to do with their investment in Zoomlion, which has been successful to date. The question is whether to take their money off the table or to invest in their acquisition of a large Italian competitor.
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Keywords:
Private Equity;
Financial Strategy;
Investment;
Emerging Markets;
Financial Services Industry;
China
Lerner, Josh, and Yiwen Jin. "Hony, CIFA, and Zoomlion: Creating Value and Strategic Choices in a Dynamic Market." Harvard Business School Case 811-032, October 2010. (Revised January 2012.)