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- 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).
- 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).
- 09 Sep 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
The Disintermediation of Financial Markets: Direct Investing in Private Equity
- 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... View Details
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.")
- 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.
- 01 Jun 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
The First Deal: The Division of Founder Equity in New Ventures
Keywords: by Thomas F. Hellmann & Noam Wasserman
- Article
Do Equity Financing Cycles Matter?: Evidence from Biotechnology Alliances
By: Josh Lerner, Hilary Shane and Alexander Tsai
Lerner, Josh, Hilary Shane, and Alexander Tsai. "Do Equity Financing Cycles Matter?: Evidence from Biotechnology Alliances." Journal of Financial Economics 67, no. 3 (March 2003): 411–446. (Earlier versions distributed as HBS Working Paper No. 00-038 and NBER Working Paper No. 7464.)
- 2012
- Working Paper
The First Deal: The Division of Founder Equity in New Ventures
By: Thomas F. Hellmann and Noam Wasserman
This paper examines the division of founder shares in entrepreneurial ventures, focusing on the decision of whether or not to divide the shares equally among all founders. To motivate the empirical analysis we develop a simple theory of costly bargaining, where... View Details
Hellmann, Thomas F., and Noam Wasserman. "The First Deal: The Division of Founder Equity in New Ventures." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-085, March 2014.
- February 2003 (Revised March 2011)
- Background Note
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Valuation and Distribution in Private Equity
By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
Introduces the issues attendant to valuing privately held portfolios and distributing thinly traded stock. Although they have existed since the beginning of the formal venture capital industry, they have received increasing amounts of attention as the money invested in... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Private Equity; Stocks; Investment Portfolio; Valuation; Financial Services Industry
Hardymon, G. Felda, Josh Lerner, and Ann Leamon. "Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Valuation and Distribution in Private Equity." Harvard Business School Background Note 803-161, February 2003. (Revised March 2011.)
- December 1995 (Revised March 1998)
- Case
FOX Venture Partners: Enriching the Private Equity Investor Pool
By: Josh Lerner
FOX Venture Partners (FVP) is a proposed "Fund-of-Funds" that will enable wealthy individuals to invest in venture capital. While several leading venture capitalists are enthusiastic about the concept, FVP's general partners are finding it difficult to invest... View Details
Lerner, Josh. "FOX Venture Partners: Enriching the Private Equity Investor Pool." Harvard Business School Case 296-041, December 1995. (Revised March 1998.)
- Article
Inflation and Taxes in a Growing Economy with Debt and Equity
By: M. Feldstein, Jerry R. Green and Eytan Sheshinski
Our tax system was designed for an economy with little or no inflation. The current paper shows that inflation causes capricious changes in the effective rate of tax on capital income and therefore in the real net rate of return that savers receive. This is not only a... View Details
Feldstein, M., Jerry R. Green, and Eytan Sheshinski. "Inflation and Taxes in a Growing Economy with Debt and Equity." Special Issue on Research in Taxation. Journal of Political Economy 86, no. 2 pt. 2 (April 1978): S53–S70.
- February 1998
- Case
Smith Breeden Associates: The Equity Plus Fund (B)
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Moel, Alberto. "Smith Breeden Associates: The Equity Plus Fund (B)." Harvard Business School Case 298-094, February 1998.
- March 2017
- Teaching Note
Carmichael Roberts: To Create a Private Equity Firm?
By: Steven Rogers and Kenneth J. Cooper
Teaching Note for HBS No. 317-079. View Details
- March 2016
- Module Note
Venture Capital and Private Equity Simulation Administrators' Guide
By: Matthew Rhodes-Kropf and Nathaniel Burbank
- January 1989 (Revised November 1989)
- Supplement
Equity Capital for Industry and Cotag International (B)
Raff, Daniel M G. "Equity Capital for Industry and Cotag International (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 489-102, January 1989. (Revised November 1989.)
- July 2010
- Article
Board Interlocks and the Propensity to Be Targeted in Private Equity Transactions
By: Toby E. Stuart and Soojin Yim
In this paper, we examine the propensity for U.S. public companies to become targets for private equity-backed, take-private transactions. We consider the characteristics of 483 private equity-backed deals in the 2000-2007 period relative to public companies, and find... View Details
Keywords: Board Interlocks; Board Networks; Social Networks; Private Equity; Corporate Governance; Public Ownership; Market Transactions; Governing and Advisory Boards; United States
Stuart, Toby E., and Soojin Yim. "Board Interlocks and the Propensity to Be Targeted in Private Equity Transactions." Journal of Financial Economics 97, no. 1 (July 2010): 174–189.
- January 2019
- Article
Pay Now or Pay Later? The Economics within the Private Equity Partnership
By: Victoria Ivashina and Josh Lerner
The economics of partnerships have been of enduring interest to economists, but many issues regarding intergenerational conflicts and their impact on the continuity of these organizations remain unclear. We examine 717 private equity partnerships and show that (a) the... View Details
Keywords: Partnerships; Leveraged Buyout; Partners and Partnerships; Private Equity; Venture Capital; Leveraged Buyouts
Ivashina, Victoria, and Josh Lerner. "Pay Now or Pay Later? The Economics within the Private Equity Partnership." Journal of Financial Economics 131, no. 1 (January 2019): 61–87.
- October 2020
- Technical Note
Country, Sector, Stock: A Framework for International Equity Investors
By: Dante Roscini and Vera Trojan
Roscini, Dante, and Vera Trojan. "Country, Sector, Stock: A Framework for International Equity Investors." Harvard Business School Technical Note 721-012, October 2020.