Publications

February 2000 (Revised September 2001)
Case

edocs, Inc. (B-1): Kevin Laracey

By: Paul A. Gompers

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Information Technology Industry

Educators

15 May 2012
First Look

Apartment Rental Market Peter A. Coles, Joshua Gans, and Wei-Yuan YuHarvard Business School Case 912-009 Jon Pastor and Lawrence Zhou were inspired by the same problem: the Internet was surprisingly... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

31 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 31, 2009

Japanese Slowdown during the 1990s Author:Diego A. Comin Publication:In Japan's Bubble, Deflation and Long-term Stagnation, edited by Koichi Hamada, Anil Kashyap, and Davis Weisntein. MIT Press, forthcoming... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

Article

'Myth or Reality?' The Long-run Underperformance of Initial Public Offerings: Evidence from Venture- and Nonventure-capital-backed Companies

By: Paul A. Gompers and A. Brav

Keywords: Initial Public Offering; Capital; Business Ventures; Venture Capital

16 Mar 2010
First Look

First Look: March 16

authority. This three-level structure closely parallels that of all organized team sports. The play on the field is like the markets of capitalism, and the actions of the players are regulated by referees who enforce a set of rules... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

Article

Institutional Investors and Equity Prices

By: Paul A. Gompers and A. Metrick

Keywords: Investment; Equity; Price

28 Apr 2015
First Look

First Look: April 28

Publications April 2015 HarperBusiness Strategy Rules: Five Timeless Lessons from Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs By: Yoffie, David B., and Michael A. Cusumano Abstract—The authors of the bestselling Competing on Internet Time (a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2020
News

We Rise

capital. For more than a quarter-century, the percentage of women entering the sector annually remained stubbornly stuck around 9 percent, according to findings by HBS professor Paul View Details

Keywords: April White; Finance

08 Jul 2014
First Look

First Look: July 8

Publications 2014 AMACOM Own Your Future: How to Think Like an Entrepreneur and Thrive in an Unpredictable Economy By: Brown, Paul B., Charles F. Kiefer, and Leonard A. Schlesinger Abstract—It used to be... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Mar 2011
First Look

First Look: March 1

costs. But to realize those benefits, the acquirer needs to achieve economies of scale by absorbing the target's resources into its operations. CEOs, who are often unrealistic about the performance boost from such acquisitions, must be... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Jul 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018

investors shapes information diffusion in the stock market. We exploit trade-level data to show that central brokers gather information by executing informed trades, which is then leaked to their best clients. We show that after large... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

September 1997 (Revised October 2001)
Case

efficient market services: August 1993 (B-1), ems Management

By: Paul A. Gompers and Jeffrey A. Farrell

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Service Industry

March 2008 (Revised August 2023)
Case

Vueling Airlines

By: Paul A. Gompers and Kristin A. Perry

Keywords: Air Transportation Industry

Educators

03 May 2011
First Look

First Look: May 3

http://hbr.org/2011/05/column-the-hollow-science/ar/1 Effective Managers Say the Same Thing Twice (or More) Authors:Tsedal Neeley and Paul Leonardi Publication:Harvard Business Review 89, no. 5 (May 2011) Abstract How do effective... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

September 1997 (Revised October 2001)
Case

efficient market services: August 1993 (A)

By: Paul A. Gompers and Jeffrey A. Farrell

Penny Baron, vice president of efficient market services, must decide how to finance rapid expansion for a young market research company. Venture leasing is a possibility and terms are explored. View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital; Growth Management; Research; Marketing; Financing and Loans; Business Startups; Management Teams; Leasing; Service Industry; United States

March 1998 (Revised October 2001)
Case

Xedia and Silicon Valley Bank (C): The Final Agreement

By: Paul A. Gompers and Jon Biotti

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Banking Industry

Educators

January 2000 (Revised March 2000)
Case

Cachet Technologies

By: Paul A. Gompers and Howard Reitz

Describes the decision facing Danny Lewin, Jonathan Seelig, and Tom Leighton, the founders of Cachet Technologies, an MIT spin-out. The firm has done poorly in the annual MIT business plan competition and the founders have to decide whether to continue. View Details

Keywords: Decision Making; Business Startups; Business Plan; Failure; Cooperative Ownership; Business Strategy; Financial Services Industry

August 2003
Article

The Really Long-Run Performance of Initial Public Offerings: The Pre-Nasdaq Evidence

By: Paul A. Gompers and Josh Lerner

Keywords: Initial Public Offering; Stocks; Markets; Performance