Publications

spring 2001
Article

Reinventing Public R&D: Patent Law and Technology Transfer from Federal Laboratories

By: Adam Jaffe and Josh Lerner

Keywords: Research and Development; Law; Patents; Information Technology; Communication

spring 2001
Article

The Patent System and Innovation

By: Adam Jaffe and Josh Lerner

Keywords: Patents; System; Innovation and Invention

February 2001 (Revised April 2001)
Case

CDC Capital Partners

By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon

In 2001, CDC Capital Partners is facing the greatest challenge in its 53-year history. Founded as part of the U.K. government's post-war colonial reconstruction, it had operated as a developmental finance institution, largely issuing debt to the world's poorest... View Details

Keywords: Business or Company Management; Private Equity; Emerging Markets; Cost vs Benefits; Mergers and Acquisitions; Partners and Partnerships; Financial Institutions; Financial Services Industry; United Kingdom

November 2000 (Revised March 2001)
Case

Yale University Investments Office: July 2000

David Swensen, chief investment officer at Yale University, reviews the $10 billion endowment strategy, that places an unusually heavy emphasis on private equity and other illiquid securities. Changing market conditions in July 2000 cause him to rethink historically... View Details

Keywords: Private Equity; Financial Liquidity; Investment; Strategy; Education Industry

November 2000
Case

University Technology Ventures: October 2000

The founders of University Technology Ventures, a fund of funds designed for university professors, face numerous challenges in raising their first fund. The role, economics, and structure of funds-of-funds are examined in the course of examining the partners' dilemma. View Details

Keywords: Private Equity; Problems and Challenges; Partners and Partnerships; Financial Services Industry

November 2000
Article

Patent Policy Innovations: A Clinical Examination

Keywords: Patents; Policy; Innovation and Invention

2000
Chapter

Small Businesses, Innovation, and Public Policy in the Information Technology Industry

Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Policy; Government and Politics; Business and Government Relations; Information Technology; Information Technology Industry

September 2000 (Revised March 2001)
Background Note

Note on Corporate Venture Capital, A

Provides an overview of corporate venture investment. View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital; Business Startups; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Financial Services Industry

2000
Chapter

Strategic Alliances and Technology Licensing in Biotechnology

Keywords: Alliances; Corporate Strategy; Intellectual Property; Biotechnology Industry

August 2000
Article

Discussion of 'Venture Capital Investment' by Gavin Reid

Keywords: Venture Capital; Investment; Communication

2000
Chapter

The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success: Organizational Structure, Incentives, and Complementarities

By: Paul Gompers and Josh Lerner

Keywords: Venture Capital; Success; Organizational Structure; Motivation and Incentives; Business Ventures

May 2000
Case

CMGI: Organizational and Market Innovation

CMGI is considering acquiring yesmail, an e-mail marketing firm. In assessing the potential acquisition, it must assess the fit with its own organization, which consists of a unique blend of venture capital investments and publicly traded subsidiaries. View Details

Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Organizational Structure; Venture Capital; Business Subsidiaries