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- 06 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Problem with Hedge Funds
investment markets. The same is true of commodity markets. Hedge funds are now very active in equity markets and are making equity markets much more like currency markets; that... View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
- March 2014
- Supplement
Transforming Tommy Hilfiger (B)
By: Raffaella Sadun, Hanoch Feit, Vaibhav Gujral and Gerard Zouein
Keywords: Turnaround; Private Equity; Private Ownership; Diversification; Acquisition; Retail Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; United States; Europe
Sadun, Raffaella, Hanoch Feit, Vaibhav Gujral, and Gerard Zouein. "Transforming Tommy Hilfiger (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 714-452, March 2014.
- August 2019 (Revised September 2021)
- Background Note
Analytical Tools in Private Equity: Return Bridge
By: Victoria Ivashina and Abhijit Tagade
This note explains the rationale and derivation behind “return bridge,” a key analytical tool used in the private equity industry to understand sources of value-add. The note elaborates on the advantages and the shortcomings of the return bridge. View Details
Ivashina, Victoria, and Abhijit Tagade. "Analytical Tools in Private Equity: Return Bridge." Harvard Business School Background Note 220-019, August 2019. (Revised September 2021.) (Prof. Ivashina is using this note for course this semester.)
- January 2007
- Case
Gobi Partners: Raising Fund II
By: G. Felda Hardymon and Ann Leamon
The three founding partners of Gobi Partners, a venture capital fund investing in early start IT and digital media companies in China, are planning to raise a second fund. The first $51.75 million fund is close to being entirely invested and the portfolio companies are... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Private Equity; Investment Funds; Financial Strategy; Business or Company Management; China
Hardymon, G. Felda, and Ann Leamon. "Gobi Partners: Raising Fund II." Harvard Business School Case 807-093, January 2007.
- September 1992 (Revised March 1993)
- Case
Empresas ICA and the Mexican Road Privatization Program
By: Willis M. Emmons III and Monica Brand
Mexico's largest construction company, Empresas ICA, makes an initial public offering to international equity investors in April 1992 to help fund its participation in an ambitious new private-sector approach to highway development. Under the new program, launched by... View Details
Keywords: Construction; Transportation Networks; Infrastructure; Privatization; Private Equity; Investment; Initial Public Offering; Private Sector; Government and Politics; Policy; Construction Industry; Mexico
Emmons, Willis M., III, and Monica Brand. "Empresas ICA and the Mexican Road Privatization Program." Harvard Business School Case 793-028, September 1992. (Revised March 1993.)
- 2012
- Book
Venture Capital, Private Equity, and the Financing of Entrepreneurship
By: Josh Lerner, Ann Leamon and Felda Hardymon
Venture Capital, Private Equity, and the Financing of Entrepreneurship stems from a realization that private equity overall—defined in this volume as venture capital and buyouts but excluding hedge funds—has become a vastly more sizable and influential part of the... View Details
Lerner, Josh, Ann Leamon, and Felda Hardymon. Venture Capital, Private Equity, and the Financing of Entrepreneurship. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2012.
- October 1996 (Revised May 2011)
- Module Note
Venture Capital and Private Equity: Module II
By: Josh Lerner, G. Felda Hardymon and Ann Leamon
Provides an overview of a module that focuses on the interaction between private equity investors and the firms they finance. View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures; Venture Capital; Private Equity; Financing and Loans; Investment; Business and Stakeholder Relations
Lerner, Josh, G. Felda Hardymon, and Ann Leamon. "Venture Capital and Private Equity: Module II." Harvard Business School Module Note 297-041, October 1996. (Revised May 2011.)
- Fast Answer
Bloomberg: mutual funds
assets, age, return, or objectives. Example Screens for widely-used criteria are also available. Click on Results (bottom right of screen) to run your search. A list of matching funds will appear. If using Bloomberg Professional, to... View Details
- Research Summary
Long-Run Performance Following Equity Issue
By: Paul A. Gompers
In an effort to establish how the transition from private to public firm
affects performance, Paul A. Gompers is examining the long-run performance
of companies that issue equity in an initial public or seasoned offering.
He is also attempting to determine whether... View Details
- May 2021
- Article
Mutual Funds as Venture Capitalists? Evidence from Unicorns
By: Josh Lerner, Sergey Chernenko and Yao Zeng
The past decade saw the rise of both “founder-friendly” venture financings and non-traditional investors, frequently with liquidity constraints. Using detailed contract data, we study open-end mutual funds investing in private venture-backed firms. We posit an... View Details
Keywords: Investment Funds; Investment; Business Startups; Venture Capital; Private Equity; Governance
Lerner, Josh, Sergey Chernenko, and Yao Zeng. "Mutual Funds as Venture Capitalists? Evidence from Unicorns." Review of Financial Studies 34, no. 5 (May 2021): 2362–2410.
Venture Capital and Private Equity: A Casebook
The 5th edition of Lerner's Venture Capital and Private Equity: A Casebook continues to present the important historical cases of private equity while incorporating a number of new relevant and timely cases from previous best-selling issues. It... View Details
- 15 Apr 2015
- News
New Enterprise Raises Record-Breaking $2.8 Billion Venture Fund
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Advancing Racial Equity
of our community to be their best self,” notes Dean Srikant Datar. The School has earmarked $25 million over the next decade to advance racial equity and diversity at HBS and in the world. As always, the HBS View Details
- 23 Apr 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Does Public Ownership of Equity Improve Earnings Quality?
- 2009
- Chapter
Do Private Equity-owned Firms Have Better Management Practices?
By: Nicholas Bloom, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen
We use an innovative survey tool to collect management practice data from over 4,000 medium sized manufacturing firms across Asia, Europe and the US. These measures of managerial practice are strongly associated with firm-level performance (e.g. productivity,... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Management Practices and Processes; Production; Private Ownership; Performance Improvement; Performance Productivity
Bloom, Nicholas, Raffaella Sadun, and John Van Reenen. "Do Private Equity-owned Firms Have Better Management Practices?" Chap. 1 in The Global Economic Impact of Private Equity Report 2009, 1–23. Globalization of Alternative Investments Working Papers. Geneva, Switzerland: World Economic Forum, 2009.
- January 2020
- Case
Blackstone at 35: Performance, Innovation, and the Next Generation
By: Josh Lerner
Keywords: Finance; Private Equity; Investing; Succession Planning; Leadership; Fund Management; Fund Raising
Lerner, Josh. "Blackstone at 35: Performance, Innovation, and the Next Generation." Harvard Business School Case 220-051, January 2020.
- 2024
- Chapter
The Private Economy Under Party-State Capitalism
By: Margaret M. Pearson, Meg Rithmire and Kellee S. Tsai
This chapter addresses the evolution of China’s approach to the private sector from the early reform era until the beginning of Xi Jinping’s third term. It argues that China has evolved from a familiar form of state capitalism, in which economic growth is the primary... View Details
Keywords: Government Administration; International Relations; Economic Growth; Economic Sectors; Economic Systems; China
Pearson, Margaret M., Meg Rithmire, and Kellee S. Tsai. "The Private Economy Under Party-State Capitalism." Chap. 3 in Chinese Politics: The Xi Jinping Difference. 2nd edition edited by Stanley Rosen and Daniel C. Lynch, 67–82. Routledge, 2024.
- June 2001
- Supplement
Privatization of Anatolia National Telekom, The: Note on Valuation of Privatizing Enterprises in Emerging Markets
Anatolia National Telekom is a multiparty negotiation simulation patterned after the Turkish government's aborted attempt to privatize its state-owned telecommunications monopoly, Turk Telekom, in late 1997. Provides participants with an opportunity to identify and... View Details
Keywords: Negotiation; Privatization; Emerging Markets; State Ownership; Telecommunications Industry; Turkey
Watkins, Michael D., Banu Ozcan, Burkhard Schrage, and Paul Vaaler. "Privatization of Anatolia National Telekom, The: Note on Valuation of Privatizing Enterprises in Emerging Markets." Harvard Business School Supplement 801-438, June 2001.
- Fast Answer
Private wealth management
estate, alternative investments and other areas of interest. Preqin includes information and data on private wealth managers who invest in private equity. Click on Private View Details
- June 1984 (Revised July 1999)
- Background Note
Securities Law and Private Financing
By: Howard H. Stevenson and Michael J. Roberts
Describes the issues an entrepreneur faces in the process of raising private funds, and the securities laws which impact the process. Based in part on a note by R.E. Floor of the law firm of Goodwin, Procter & Hoar. View Details
Stevenson, Howard H., and Michael J. Roberts. "Securities Law and Private Financing." Harvard Business School Background Note 384-164, June 1984. (Revised July 1999.)