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- August 2013
- Article
The Price of Diversifiable Risk in Venture Capital and Private Equity
By: Michael Ewens, Charles Jones and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf
This paper explores the private equity and venture capital (VC) markets and extends the standard principal-agent problem between the investors and venture capitalist to show how it alters the interaction between the venture capitalist and the entrepreneur. Since the... View Details
Keywords: Price; Risk and Uncertainty; Venture Capital; Private Equity; Contracts; Investment; Competition; Agency Theory; Investment Return; Forecasting and Prediction; Theory; Diversification
Ewens, Michael, Charles Jones, and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf. "The Price of Diversifiable Risk in Venture Capital and Private Equity." Review of Financial Studies 26, no. 8 (August 2013): 1854–1889.
- 2017
- Working Paper
And the Children Shall Lead: Gender Diversity and Performance in Venture Capital
By: Paul A. Gompers and Sophie Q. Wang
With an overall lack of gender and ethnic diversity in the innovation sector documented in Gompers and Wang (2017), we ask the natural next question: Does increased diversity lead to better firm performances? In this paper, we attempt to answer this question using a... View Details
Gompers, Paul A., and Sophie Q. Wang. "And the Children Shall Lead: Gender Diversity and Performance in Venture Capital." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-103, May 2017.
- November 2005 (Revised November 2011)
- Background Note
Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital in Healthcare Fall Term 2011: Course Outline and Syllabus
By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Robert F. Higgins
Provides an overview of the second-year MBA elective course Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital in Healthcare. View Details
Hamermesh, Richard G., and Robert F. Higgins. "Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital in Healthcare Fall Term 2011: Course Outline and Syllabus." Harvard Business School Background Note 806-048, November 2005. (Revised November 2011.)
- Web
Venture Capital and Private Equity - Course Catalog
HBS Course Catalog Venture Capital and Private Equity Course Number 1428 Senior Lecturer Jo Tango Senior Lecturer Archie L. Jones Fall; Q1Q2; 3.0 credits 28 Sessions Overview Note: this course is not for... View Details
- 2001
- Manual
Venture Capital and Private Equity: An Instructor's Manual
By: Josh Lerner, G. Felda Hardymon and Ann Leamon
- 15 Feb 2022
- Cold Call Podcast
How to Make Venture Capital Accessible for Black Founders: An Entrepreneur’s Dilemma
Keywords: Re: Jo Tango
- March 2025
- Article
Do Public Financial Statements Influence Private Equity and Venture Capital 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... View Details
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 Private Equity and Venture Capital Financing?" Accounting Review 100, no. 2 (March 2025).
- August 1998
- Article
Venture Capital Growing Pains: Should the Market Diet?
By: Paul A. Gompers
Gompers, Paul A. "Venture Capital Growing Pains: Should the Market Diet?" Special Issue on The Economics of Small Business Finance. Journal of Banking & Finance 22, nos. 6-8 (August 1998): 1089–1104.
- 2007
- Chapter
Labor Market Regulations and European Venture Capital Investment
By: Ant Bozkaya and William R. Kerr
- June 2024 (Revised December 2024)
- Case
Lana Ghanem: Pushing the Boundaries of Health Care Through Venture Capital
By: Joshua D. Margolis and Ahmed Dahawy
Lana Ghanem, managing director of Hikma Ventures, the corporate venture arm of larger pharmaceutical group Hikma, is considering how to grow the venture arm as well as progress her own career. Over the past few years Hikma's executive team had been pressuring the... View Details
Keywords: Business Divisions; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Investment; Corporate Governance; Health Care and Treatment; Leadership Development; Business or Company Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Strategy; Venture Capital; Personal Development and Career; Health Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; Jordan
Margolis, Joshua D., and Ahmed Dahawy. "Lana Ghanem: Pushing the Boundaries of Health Care Through Venture Capital." Harvard Business School Case 424-075, June 2024. (Revised December 2024.)
- 17 Jun 2015
- News
Gender, looks hold sway in venture capital funding
- February 2015 (Revised February 2015)
- Module Note
Venture Capital and Private Equity Simulation Administrators' Guide
By: Matthew Rhodes-Kropf and Nathaniel Burbank
Rhodes-Kropf, Matthew, and Nathaniel Burbank. "Venture Capital and Private Equity Simulation Administrators' Guide." Harvard Business School Module Note 815-108, February 2015. (Revised February 2015.)
- 07 Jan 2022
- News
How to Go From Homelessness to Venture Capital
- March 2016
- Module Note
Venture Capital and Private Equity Simulation Administrators' Guide
By: Matthew Rhodes-Kropf and Nathaniel Burbank
- June 2001
- Case
Infinata: The Quest for Human Resource Venture Capital
By: Jay O. Light and Anthony Massaro
A potential start-up in the Web-based Customer Relationship Management (CRM) is considering a deal with a software developer. View Details
Keywords: Negotiation; Negotiation Deal; Customer Relationship Management; Internet and the Web; Business Startups; Information Technology Industry
Light, Jay O., and Anthony Massaro. "Infinata: The Quest for Human Resource Venture Capital." Harvard Business School Case 201-032, June 2001.
- 7 Aug 2009 - 11 Aug 2009
- Conference Presentation
Network Interdependencies: Relationships Between Venture Capital and Strategic
By: Ranjay Gulati
- 01 Apr 2015
- News
Female-Run Venture Capital Funds Alter the Status Quo
- 08 Dec 2021
- Blog Post
The Drive to Succeed: Silvio Memme (MBA 2020) and the Transition to Venture Capital
others say is impossible and finding a way. And specifically, how Memme found a way to break into Venture Capital from the automotive industry and launch a new stage of his career, all while hearing time and... View Details