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- 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." View Details
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.)
- 1985
- Chapter
Interrelationships between Equity Markets and Prospects for Integration
By: Marc L Bertoneche
- July – August 1996
- Article
Manage Marketing by the Customer Equity Test
By: Robert C. Blattberg and J. A. Deighton
Blattberg, Robert C., and J. A. Deighton. "Manage Marketing by the Customer Equity Test." Harvard Business Review 74, no. 4 (July–August 1996): 136–144.
- February 2017 (Revised December 2017)
- Case
The Case of the Unidentified Equity Managers
By: Samuel G. Hanson
Hanson, Samuel G. "The Case of the Unidentified Equity Managers." Harvard Business School Case 217-055, February 2017. (Revised December 2017.)
- 1992
- Chapter
Sharing the Burden. Fair Allocation and Equity
By: James K. Sebenius, Michael Grubb, Antonio Magalhaes and Susan Subak
- 1995
- Working Paper
Managing Marketing by the Customer Equity Criterion
By: Robert C. Blattberg and John Deighton
- April 2002
- Article
Perceptions of Equity and the Distribution of Income
By: Julio J. Rotemberg
Rotemberg, Julio J. "Perceptions of Equity and the Distribution of Income." Journal of Labor Economics 20, no. 2 (April 2002): 249–288.
- September 1996 (Revised October 1996)
- Case
Private Equity Investment in Russia: Alliance Cellulose Limited
By: Andre F. Perold, James Gray and Roberto Mignone
Perold, Andre F., James Gray, and Roberto Mignone. "Private Equity Investment in Russia: Alliance Cellulose Limited." Harvard Business School Case 297-005, September 1996. (Revised October 1996.)
- May 2000
- Article
Is the Abnormal Return Following Equity Issuances Anomalous?
By: A. Brav, C. Geczy and Paul Gompers
Brav, A., C. Geczy, and Paul Gompers. "Is the Abnormal Return Following Equity Issuances Anomalous?" Journal of Financial Economics 56, no. 2 (May 2000).
- January 2022
- Background Note
The Florange Law: Encouraging Long-Termism in Equity Markets?
By: Charles C.Y. Wang and Tonia Labruyere
This note provides background information on a French law (“the Florange law”) passed in 2014 that the French government said would encourage long-term shareholdings. The note describes the law, what led to it, the reactions it evoked, and similar initiatives in other... View Details
Keywords: Equity; Financial Markets; Investment Activism; Institutional Investing; Corporate Governance; Policy; Rights; Laws and Statutes; Business and Government Relations; Accounting Industry; France
Wang, Charles C.Y., and Tonia Labruyere. "The Florange Law: Encouraging Long-Termism in Equity Markets?" Harvard Business School Background Note 122-065, January 2022.
- December 1999 (Revised April 2004)
- Case
Capital Alliance Private Equity: Creating a Private Equity Leader in Nigeria
Describes the creation of the first private equity fund in Nigeria and the fund's potential first investment in GS Telecom, a Nigerian telecommunication service company. The fund's managers are keenly aware that a bad first investment could create a vicious circle for... View Details
Kuemmerle, Walter, William J. Coughlin Jr., and Chad S Ellis. "Capital Alliance Private Equity: Creating a Private Equity Leader in Nigeria." Harvard Business School Case 800-104, December 1999. (Revised April 2004.)
- March 1980 (Revised October 1980)
- Background Note
Financial Leverage, the Capital Asset Pricing Model and the Cost of Equity Capital
Demonstrates how the capital asset pricing model can be used to estimate the impact of financial leverage on the cost of equity capital. The levering and unlevering of betas are illustrated. Also presents a methodology for decomposing the cost of equity into its three... View Details
Mullins, David W., Jr. "Financial Leverage, the Capital Asset Pricing Model and the Cost of Equity Capital." Harvard Business School Background Note 280-100, March 1980. (Revised October 1980.)
- 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.)
- 2005
- Working Paper
Asset Fire Sales (and Purchases) in Equity Markets
By: Joshua Coval and Erik Stafford
Coval, Joshua, and Erik Stafford. "Asset Fire Sales (and Purchases) in Equity Markets." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 05-077, May 2005.
- Article
What is the Other Reason of Why Private Equity Matters in Emerging Markets?
By: Roberto Charvel
Private equity investments in emerging markets can help increase the availability of credit for firms. View Details
Keywords: Alternative Assets; Emerging Economies; Venture Capital; Private Equity; Financial Services Industry; Latin America
Charvel, Roberto. "What is the Other Reason of Why Private Equity Matters in Emerging Markets?" Venture Equity Latin America 10, no. 16 (September 30, 2011).
- October 2014
- Article
Good Cop, Bad Cop: Complementarities Between Debt and Equity in Disciplining Management
By: Alexander Guembel and Lucy White
In this paper we examine how the quantity of information generated about firm prospects can be improved by splitting a firm's cash flow into a "safe" claim (debt) and a "risky" claim (equity). The former, being relatively insensitive to upside risk, provides a... View Details
Guembel, Alexander, and Lucy White. "Good Cop, Bad Cop: Complementarities Between Debt and Equity in Disciplining Management." Journal of Financial Intermediation 23, no. 4 (October 2014): 541–569.
- 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... View Details
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.
- March 2018
- Supplement
Hatch Startup Equity Valuation exercise for Instructor Use
By: Christopher Stanton and Shikhar Ghosh
- 2016
- Chapter
Should Governments Demand Equity in Foreign-Owned Extractive Projects?
By: Louis T. Wells
Wells, Louis T. "Should Governments Demand Equity in Foreign-Owned Extractive Projects?" In A Commitment to Law, Development and Public Policy: A Festschrift in Honour of Nana Dr. SKB Asante, edited by Richard Frimpong Oppong and Kissi Agyebeng. London: Wildy, Simmonds and Hill Publishing, 2016.
- November 2007
- Article
Asset Fire Sales (and Purchases) in Equity Markets
By: Joshua Coval and Erik Stafford
Coval, Joshua, and Erik Stafford. "Asset Fire Sales (and Purchases) in Equity Markets." Journal of Financial Economics 86, no. 2 (November 2007).