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The (Heterogenous) Economic Effects of Private Equity Buyouts

By: Steven J. Davis, John Haltiwanger, Kyle Handley, Ben Lipsius, Josh Lerner and Javier Miranda
The effects of private equity buyouts on employment, productivity, and job reallocation vary tremendously with macroeconomic and credit conditions, across private equity groups, and by type of buyout. We reach this conclusion by examining the most extensive... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity Buyouts; Impact; Private Equity; Economics; Employment; Performance Productivity; Wages
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Davis, Steven J., John Haltiwanger, Kyle Handley, Ben Lipsius, Josh Lerner, and Javier Miranda. "The (Heterogenous) Economic Effects of Private Equity Buyouts." Management Science (forthcoming). (Pre-published online March 25, 2025. Earlier version distributed as National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper No. 26371 and Harvard Business School Working Paper No. 20-030. Related discussion published as “Private Equity Buyout and Their Effects,” VoxEU, 2019.)

    Bridging the Gap with the ‘New’ Economic History of Africa

    This review article seeks to build bridges between mainstream African history and the more historically oriented branch of the ‘new’ economic history of Africa. We survey four central topics of the new economic history of Africa — growth, trade, labor, and... View Details
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    Sustainable Inner-City Economic Development

    By: Michael E. Porter
    Michael E. Porter is using the framework he developed in The Competitive Advantage of Nations to examine the economic development problems in distressed inner-city areas. He seeks to understand the potential of inner-city businesses, government policies, and... View Details
    • November 2005 (Revised July 2006)
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    Understanding Economic Value Added

    By: Mihir A. Desai, Fabrizio Ferri and Steve Treadwell
    Explores the concept of economic value added (EVA) and its practical applications as a management control system for performance measurement and incentive compensation. Explains how EVA is measured and explores some of the adjustments to financial statements that are... View Details
    Keywords: Value
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    Desai, Mihir A., Fabrizio Ferri, and Steve Treadwell. "Understanding Economic Value Added." Harvard Business School Background Note 206-016, November 2005. (Revised July 2006.)
    • 1993
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    Economic Reality in Financial Reporting: A Global Survey of Voluntary Corporate Economic Reality Communications

    By: David F. Hawkins
    Keywords: Economics; Finance; Reports; Surveys; Communication
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    Hawkins, David F. Economic Reality in Financial Reporting: A Global Survey of Voluntary Corporate Economic Reality Communications. Morristown, NJ: Financial Executives Research Foundation, 1993.

      The Architecture of Innovation: The Economics of Creative Organizations

      Innovation is a much-used buzzword these days, but when it comes to creating and implementing a new idea, many companies miss the mark—plans backfire, consumer preferences shift, or tried-and-true practices fail to work in a new context. So is innovation just a... View Details
      • 18 Oct 2017
      • Research & Ideas

      How Economic Clusters Drive Globalization

      (Photo source: iStock) Economic cluster theory has been used to describe the growth of many industries, including the automotive business around Detroit, high tech in Silicon Valley, and digital media in... View Details
      Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Agriculture & Agribusiness
      • August 2006
      • Exercise

      Bundling of Office Suites: An Economic Analysis

      Presents a simple model to demonstrate that bundling can act as a barrier to entry. View Details
      Keywords: Market Entry and Exit; Marketing
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      Coughlan, Peter J. "Bundling of Office Suites: An Economic Analysis." Harvard Business School Exercise 707-423, August 2006.
      • 02 Nov 2023
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      The Maoist Roots of Xi’s Economic Dilemma

      • 12 Feb 2023
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      Economic Integration and the Transmission of Democracy

      • 03 Apr 2024
      • HBS Seminar

      John Van Reenen, London School of Economics

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      Recent Advances in the Empirics of Organizational Economics

      By: Nicholas Bloom, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen
      We present a survey of recent contributions in empirical organizational economics, focusing on management practices and decentralization. Productivity dispersion between firms and countries has motivated the improved measurement of firm organization across industries... View Details
      Keywords: Economics; Management Practices and Processes; Performance Productivity; Geographic Location; Motivation and Incentives; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Competition; Human Capital; Markets; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Multinational Firms and Management; India; Brazil; United States
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      Bloom, Nicholas, Raffaella Sadun, and John Van Reenen. "Recent Advances in the Empirics of Organizational Economics." Annual Review of Economics 2 (2010): 105–137.
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      Beyond Statistics: The Economic Content of Risk Scores

      By: Liran Einav, Amy Finkelstein, Raymond Kluender and Paul Schrimpf
      "Big data" and statistical techniques to score potential transactions have transformed insurance and credit markets. In this paper, we observe that these widely-used statistical scores summarize a much richer heterogeneity, and may be endogenous to the context in which... View Details
      Keywords: Analytics and Data Science; Risk and Uncertainty; Insurance Industry
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      Einav, Liran, Amy Finkelstein, Raymond Kluender, and Paul Schrimpf. "Beyond Statistics: The Economic Content of Risk Scores." American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 8, no. 2 (April 2016): 195–224.
      • June 1996 (Revised November 1996)
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      Economic Gains from Trade, The: Theories of Strategic Trade

      The theory of competitive advantage is one of the most widely accepted economic principles among economists. The theory, as well as substantial historical evidence, suggest that free trade raises national income, while government intervention in trade relations... View Details
      Keywords: Competitive Advantage; Trade
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      Kennedy, Robert E. "Economic Gains from Trade, The: Theories of Strategic Trade." Harvard Business School Background Note 796-184, June 1996. (Revised November 1996.)
      • 1993
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      Economic Reality in Financial Reporting: A Global Survey of Voluntary Corporate Economic Reality Communications

      By: David F. Hawkins
      Keywords: Economics; Finance; Reports; Surveys; Communication
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      Hawkins, David F. Economic Reality in Financial Reporting: A Global Survey of Voluntary Corporate Economic Reality Communications. Morristown, NJ: Financial Executives Research Foundation, 1993.
      • 2014
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      Profits and Economic Development

      By: Dan Schwab and Eric Werker
      Are rents, or excess profits, good for development? Using industry-level manufacturing data, this paper demonstrates a negative effect of rents, measured by the mark-up ratio, on productivity growth. The negative effect is strongest in poor countries, suggesting that... View Details
      Keywords: Firm Performance; Rent; Mark-up; Competition; Manufacturing; Development Economics; Profit; Economic Growth; Renting or Rental
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      Schwab, Dan, and Eric Werker. "Profits and Economic Development." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-087, March 2014. (Revised April 2014.)
      • 12 Jul 2010
      • Research & Ideas

      Rocket Science Retailing: A Practical Guide

      Whether you sell widgets, designer fashions, or life-saving drugs, mastering the art and science of better analytics can set you ahead of your competitors, according to HBS... View Details
      Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Retail; Auto
      • 28 Oct 2019

      MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Showcase

      Join us to learn more about the Harvard MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences program, a joint degree offered by the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences... View Details
      • 15 Oct 2012
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      Roth shares economics Nobel

      • March 2014
      • Editorial

      Limits on Use of Health Economic Assessments for Rare Diseases

      By: Hanna I. Hyry, Ariel Dora Stern, Jonathan CP Roos and Timothy M. Cox
      Funding of expensive treatments for rare ('orphan') diseases is contentious. These agents fare poorly on 'efficiency' or health economic measures, such as the QALY, because of high cost and frequently poor gains in quality of life and survival. We show that... View Details
      Keywords: Cost; Health Disorders; Health Care and Treatment; Pharmaceutical Industry
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      Hyry, Hanna I., Ariel Dora Stern, Jonathan CP Roos, and Timothy M. Cox. "Limits on Use of Health Economic Assessments for Rare Diseases." hcu016. QJM: An International Journal of Medicine 107, no. 3 (March 2014): 241–245.
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