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- Fall 2007
- Article
A Comprehensive Look at the Private Equity Industry in Mexico (1990–2006)
By: Roberto Charvel
This article is one of the few historical numerical reviews of a private equity industry in an emerging market.
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Keywords:
Emerging Market;
Latin America;
Mexico;
Economic Sectors;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Venture Capital;
Capital Markets;
Private Equity;
Financial Services Industry;
Latin America;
North and Central America
Charvel, Roberto. "A Comprehensive Look at the Private Equity Industry in Mexico (1990–2006)." Journal of Private Equity 10, no. 4 (Fall 2007): 42–53.
- 18 Sep 2017
- News
Private Equity for Cheapskates Like You
- 2023
- Working Paper
The Market for CEOs: Evidence from Private Equity
By: Paul A. Gompers, Steven N. Kaplan and Vladimir Mukharlyamov
Most research on the CEO labor market studies public company CEOs while largely ignoring CEOs in private equity (PE) funded companies. We fill this gap by studying the market for CEOs among U.S. companies purchased by PE firms in large leveraged buyout transactions....
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Gompers, Paul A., Steven N. Kaplan, and Vladimir Mukharlyamov. "The Market for CEOs: Evidence from Private Equity." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 30899, April 2022. (Revised January 2023.)
- 2024
- Working Paper
Does the Case for Private Equity Still Hold?
By: Nori Gerardo Lietz and Philipp Chvanov
Private Equity (“PE”) received a 10-fold increase in capital flows since the Great Financial Crisis (“GFC”) Investors sought higher nominal returns relative to those they could obtain in the public capital markets. This paper questions the fundamental assumptions...
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Lietz, Nori Gerardo, and Philipp Chvanov. "Does the Case for Private Equity Still Hold?" Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 24-066, January 2024.
- 2018
- Other Teaching and Training Material
Financial Accounting Reading: Shareholders' Equity
By: Suraj Srinivasan
Core Curriculum Readings in Financial Accounting cover the fundamental concepts in financial accounting. Many readings include videos and Interactive Illustrations to help students master complex concepts.
This is a standalone reading designed to introduce... View Details
This is a standalone reading designed to introduce... View Details
Srinivasan, Suraj. "Financial Accounting Reading: Shareholders' Equity." Core Curriculum Readings Series. Boston: Harvard Business Publishing 5075, 2018.
- 07 Oct 2019
- News
New Study Shows Adverse Economic Effects of Private Equity Buyouts
- Web
Real Estate Private Equity - Course Catalog
HBS Course Catalog Real Estate Private Equity Course Number 1484 Senior Lecturer Nori Gerardo Lietz Spring; Q3Q4; 3.0 credits 27 Sessions Paper Career Focus This course is intended for any student interested...
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- 11 Mar 2008
- News
Ahead of the Bell: Private Equity Firms
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
New ETFs Attempt to Mimic the Portfolios of Private Equity
- February 2000 (Revised April 2004)
- Case
Butler Capital Partners and Autodistribution: Putting Private Equity to Work in France
Describes a proposed buyout transaction of Autodistribution, an entrepreneurial firm that is the leading car-parts distributor in France. The deal became feasible because of a failed takeover battle for Autodistribution's parent company. Private equity investor Butler...
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Keywords:
Private Equity;
Leveraged Buyouts;
Valuation;
Executive Compensation;
Entrepreneurship;
Distribution Industry;
Auto Industry;
France
Kuemmerle, Walter, and William J. Coughlin Jr. "Butler Capital Partners and Autodistribution: Putting Private Equity to Work in France." Harvard Business School Case 800-224, February 2000. (Revised April 2004.)
- July 2023
- Article
Takahashi-Alexander Revisited: Modeling Private Equity Portfolio Outcomes Using Historical Simulations
By: Dawson Beutler, Alex Billias, Sam Holt, Josh Lerner and TzuHwan Seet
In 2001, Dean Takahashi and Seth Alexander of the Yale University Investments Office developed a deterministic model for estimating future cash flows and valuations for the Yale endowment’s private equity portfolio. Their model, which is simple and intuitive, is still...
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Beutler, Dawson, Alex Billias, Sam Holt, Josh Lerner, and TzuHwan Seet. "Takahashi-Alexander Revisited: Modeling Private Equity Portfolio Outcomes Using Historical Simulations." Journal of Portfolio Management 49, no. 7 (July 2023): 144–158.
- 2021
- Working Paper
Do Public Financial Statements Influence Venture Capital and Private Equity Financing?
By: Brian K. Baik, Natalie Berfeld and Rodrigo S. Verdi
We study whether private firm public financial statements influence the probability of raising venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE) financing. In particular, we propose that private firms’ public financial statements can help the VC/PE search process by...
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Keywords:
Business Economics;
Search Costs;
Accounting;
Venture Capital;
Governance;
Private Equity;
Financial Statements
Baik, Brian K., Natalie Berfeld, and Rodrigo S. Verdi. "Do Public Financial Statements Influence Venture Capital and Private Equity Financing?" SSRN Working Paper Series, No. 3867958, June 2021.
- 2022
- Article
The Effects of Public and Private Equity Markets on Firm Behavior
By: Shai Bernstein
In this article, I review the theoretical and empirical literature on the effects of public and private equity markets on firm behavior, emphasizing the consequences that emerge from disclosure requirements, ownership concentration, and degree of firm standardization....
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Keywords:
Corporate Finance And Governance;
Financing Policy;
Commercialization;
Capital Markets;
Private Equity;
Public Equity;
Venture Capital;
Innovation and Invention;
Cost of Capital
Bernstein, Shai. "The Effects of Public and Private Equity Markets on Firm Behavior." Annual Review of Financial Economics 14 (2022): 295–318.
- Spring 2016
- Article
Risk Neglect in Equity Markets
By: Malcolm Baker
The link between measures of risk and return within the equity market has been very weak over the past 47 years: in the United States, returns on high-risk stocks have cumulatively fallen short of the returns on low-risk stocks, during a period when the equity market...
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Baker, Malcolm. "Risk Neglect in Equity Markets." Journal of Portfolio Management 42, no. 3 (Spring 2016): 12–25.
- 2017
- Working Paper
The Benefits of Selective Disclosure: Evidence from Private Firms
By: Joan Farre-Mensa
Private firms’ ability to communicate confidentially with selected investors implies that valuation disagreements between firms and investors are larger at public firms than at private ones. Consistent with the notion that misvaluation concerns lead public firms to...
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Keywords:
Finance;
Equity;
Private Companies;
Corporate Cash;
Precautionary Motives;
Share Issuance;
IPOs;
Selective Disclosure;
Private Ownership;
Cash;
Market Timing;
Corporate Finance;
Public Ownership;
Corporate Disclosure;
United States
Farre-Mensa, Joan. "The Benefits of Selective Disclosure: Evidence from Private Firms." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-095, April 2014. (Revised March 2017.)
- 15 Feb 2016
- Working Paper Summaries
Replicating Private Equity with Value Investing, Homemade Leverage, and Hold-to-Maturity Accounting
- 2020
- Working Paper
How Do Private Equity Fees Vary Across Public Pensions?
By: Juliane Begenau and Emil Siriwardane
We study how investment fees vary within private-capital funds. Net-of-fee return clustering suggests that most funds have two tiers of fees, and we decompose differences across tiers into both management and performance-based fees. Managers of venture capital funds...
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Keywords:
Pension Funds;
Fee Dispersion;
Search And Negotiation Frictions;
Private Equity;
Investment Funds
Begenau, Juliane, and Emil Siriwardane. "How Do Private Equity Fees Vary Across Public Pensions?" Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 20-073, January 2020. (This working paper has been subsumed by the published paper "Fee Variation in Private Equity." Please see the final version of this paper under "Journal Articles.")
- 07 Feb 2010
- News
Private equity firms brace for tax battle
- Web
Compensation data: private equity | Baker Library
Help Center Compensation data: private equity Where can I find compensation data for post-MBA roles on the buy-side? The print reports listed below are available in the Stamps Reading Room for in-library use...
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- 2013
- Working Paper
The Operational Consequences of Private Equity Buyouts: Evidence from the Restaurant Industry
By: Albert W. Sheen and Shai Bernstein
What, if anything, do private equity firms do with businesses they acquire? We find evidence of significant operational changes in 101 restaurant chain buyouts between 2002 and 2012. Analysis of health inspections conducted for over 50,000 stores in Florida shows that...
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Keywords:
Safety;
Quality;
Private Equity;
Food;
Management Practices and Processes;
Leveraged Buyouts;
Performance Efficiency;
Retail Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Florida
Sheen, Albert W., and Shai Bernstein. "The Operational Consequences of Private Equity Buyouts: Evidence from the Restaurant Industry." Working Paper, June 2013.