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The Rise and Fall of Venture Capital
By: Paul A. Gompers
Keywords: Venture Capital
Gompers, Paul A. "The Rise and Fall of Venture Capital." Business and Economic History 23, no. 2 (Winter 1994): 1–24.
- 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
- September 2017
- Case
Blackstone's Julia Kahr at the Summit
By: Paul A. Gompers, John D. Dionne and Amram Migdal
In 2009, Blackstone, the New York-based alternative asset and financial services firm, committed to invest up to $750 million into Summit Materials, a new company in the aggregates sector (i.e., construction materials, such as crushed stone, sand, gravel, cement,... View Details
Keywords: Roll Up; Private Equity Roll Up; Aggregates; Aggregates Materials; Construction Materials; Business Ventures; Acquisition; Leveraged Buyouts; Business Growth and Maturation; Engineering; Construction; Finance; Capital; Equity; Private Equity; Financial Instruments; Investment; Housing; Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Personal Development and Career; Management Teams; Planning; Problems and Challenges; Value; Valuation; Value Creation; Construction Industry; Financial Services Industry; United States
Gompers, Paul A., John D. Dionne, and Amram Migdal. "Blackstone's Julia Kahr at the Summit." Harvard Business School Case 218-002, September 2017.
- 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
Gompers, Paul A., and A. Brav. "'Myth or Reality?' The Long-run Underperformance of Initial Public Offerings: Evidence from Venture- and Nonventure-capital-backed Companies." Journal of Finance 52, no. 5 (December 1997).
- 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
- 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
- 15 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 15
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
- 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
- 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
- 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 (B-1), ems Management
By: Paul A. Gompers and Jeffrey A. Farrell
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Service Industry
Gompers, Paul A., and Jeffrey A. Farrell. "efficient market services: August 1993 (B-1), ems Management." Harvard Business School Case 298-010, September 1997. (Revised October 2001.)
- March 2008 (Revised August 2023)
- Case
Vueling Airlines
By: Paul A. Gompers and Kristin A. Perry
Keywords: Air Transportation Industry
Gompers, Paul A., and Kristin A. Perry. "Vueling Airlines." Harvard Business School Case 808-077, March 2008. (Revised August 2023.)
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Alumni Salute Bill Sahlman
have launched the William A. Sahlman Fund for Entrepreneurship—an endowment that will support the teaching, study, and cultivation of entrepreneurship at HBS and Harvard. “Bill’s impact as a teacher, mentor, case writer, advisor, and... View Details
- Article
Institutional Investors and Equity Prices
By: Paul A. Gompers and A. Metrick
Gompers, Paul A., and A. Metrick. "Institutional Investors and Equity Prices." Quarterly Journal of Economics 116, no. 1 (February 2001).
- 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
Gompers, Paul A., and Jon Biotti. "Xedia and Silicon Valley Bank (C): The Final Agreement." Harvard Business School Case 298-122, March 1998. (Revised October 2001.)
- 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
Gompers, Paul A., and Howard Reitz. "Cachet Technologies." Harvard Business School Case 200-031, January 2000. (Revised March 2000.)
- August 2003
- Article
The Really Long-Run Performance of Initial Public Offerings: The Pre-Nasdaq Evidence
By: Paul A. Gompers and Josh Lerner
Gompers, Paul A., and Josh Lerner. "The Really Long-Run Performance of Initial Public Offerings: The Pre-Nasdaq Evidence." Journal of Finance 58, no. 4 (August 2003): 1355–1392.
- June 1998
- Case
MSE, Inc. Privatization: August 1997
By: Paul A. Gompers and Alexander Tsai
Gompers, Paul A., and Alexander Tsai. "MSE, Inc. Privatization: August 1997." Harvard Business School Case 298-135, June 1998.
- February 1998 (Revised October 2001)
- Case
Torrent Systems
By: Paul A. Gompers and Benjamin Kaplan
Gompers, Paul A., and Benjamin Kaplan. "Torrent Systems." Harvard Business School Case 298-084, February 1998. (Revised October 2001.)