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    Patient Capital: The Challenges and Promises of Long-Term Investing

    There has never been a greater need for long-term investments. And it is increasingly unlikely that the public sector will be willing or able to fill the gap. Those best positioned to address the long-run needs are likely to be the pools of capital in the hands of... View Details

    • 06 Jun 2016
    • News

    Your Investment Tool Is Failing You

    • 2024
    • Working Paper

    Primary Capital Market Transactions and Index Funds

    By: Marco Sammon and Chris Murray
    We document the effects of mechanical buying by CRSP-index-tracking funds on post-IPO returns and IPO deal structure. Leveraging a difference-in-differences-style design built on a 2017 CRSP rule change, we find that expected index fund demand leads fast track IPOs to... View Details
    Keywords: Investment Funds; Initial Public Offering; Investment Return; Price; Market Transactions; Financial Markets
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    • 2011
    • Working Paper

    Tax Policy and the Efficiency of U.S. Direct Investment Abroad

    By: Mihir A. Desai, C. Fritz Foley and James R. Hines Jr.
    Deferral of U.S. taxes on foreign source income is commonly characterized as a subsidy to foreign investment, as reflected in its inclusion among "tax expenditures" and occasional calls for its repeal. This paper analyzes the extent to which tax deferral and other... View Details
    Keywords: Cash Flow; Investment Return; Foreign Direct Investment; Investment Funds; Policy; Taxation; United States
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    • January 1995
    • Background Note

    A Note on Distribution of Venture Investments

    By: Josh Lerner
    Venture capitalists typically exit investments by distributing shares to investors. These transfers pose challenges for these investors. Predictions and evidence about the behavior of stock prices of firms around the time of these distributions are presented. View Details
    Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Venture Capital; Stocks; Investment; Price
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    • 2014
    • Working Paper

    Adding Value Through Venture Capital in Latin America and the Caribbean

    By: Josh Lerner, Ann Leamon, James Tighe and Susana Garcia-Robles
    Venture capital (VC) investment has long been recognized as an engine for economic growth and development. Unlike bank loans, where the entrepreneur receives money and is left alone as long as the payments arrive on the pre-arranged schedule, venture capital... View Details
    Keywords: Venture Capital; Value; Entrepreneurship; Investment; Latin America; West Indies
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    What are the Industries Attracting Private Equity Investments in Latin America?: Evidence from Twenty-five Countries from 2001 to 2008

    By: Roberto Charvel
    This article shows what are the industries attracting private equity investments in Latin America over time. View Details
    Keywords: Private Equity; Venture Capital; Entrepreneurial Finance; Alternative Assets; Emerging Market; Business Ventures; Economics; Finance; Financial Services Industry; Latin America
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    Investment analyst reports (equity research reports)

    How do I find investment analysts' reports on companies, industries and geographies? Analyst Reports contain advice on whether to buy or sell the securities of specific companies or industries. They are produced by research analysts... View Details
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    REITs (real estate investment trusts)

    REITs, and publicly-traded real estate companies. S&P NetAdvantage: S&P's REIT Industry Survey provides a good overview of real estate investment trusts. Also available under Markets > Industry Survey in View Details
    • 13 Jun 2017
    • Research & Ideas

    Why Global Investments Are Still a Good Bet

    Photo by iStock Investors in global equity markets have traditionally hedged their bets, casting their investments far and wide across the world. That way, if the market in one country or region stagnated (think Japan in the 1990s or... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services
    • November 2000
    • Case

    Wit Capital: Evolution of the Online Investment Bank (B)

    Describes the evolution of Wit Capital from its origins as a small brewery to an online investment bank advising both small technology-based companies seeking to raise capital and large companies seeking to acquire Internet companies, as well as offering retail... View Details
    Keywords: Internet and the Web; Disruptive Innovation; Service Delivery; Investment Banking; Entrepreneurship
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    • Teaching Interest

    Private Equity and Venture Capital (Executive Education)

    By: Josh Lerner

    As equity markets appear to strengthen, interest rates remain low, and asset values look attractive, private equity firms are uniquely positioned to pursue new opportunities. This View Details

    • 15 Oct 2024
    • Cold Call Podcast

    What Sequoia Capital Can Teach Leaders About Sustaining Long-Term Growth

    Keywords: Re: Jo Tango & Christina M. Wallace; Financial Services
    • 06 Aug 2009
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Buy Local? The Geography of Successful and Unsuccessful Venture Capital Expansion

    Keywords: by Henry Chen, Paul A. Gompers, Anna Kovner & Josh Lerner
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    Capital IQ: Introduction, Help, Etc.

    How to use Capital IQ. Capital IQ is an information service that is particularly relevant to those who are interested in investment banking, View Details

      Long-run Returns to Impact Investing in Emerging Markets and Developing Economies

      There is growing interest in impact investing, the idea of deploying capital to obtain both financial and social or environmental returns. Examination of every equity investment made by the International Finance Corporation, one of the largest and... View Details
      • January 2025
      • Case

      Arsenal Capital Partners' Refinancing of Pinnacle

      By: Victoria Ivashina and Srimayi Mylavarapu
      Arsenal Capital Partners’ portfolio company, Pinnacle, a leading producer of high-performance adhesive technologies, has experienced rapid growth under Arsenal’s ownership. Over just two years, Pinnacle's EBITDA increased from $13.5 million to $60 million. By mid-2021,... View Details
      Keywords: Business Exit or Shutdown; Decision Choices and Conditions; Private Equity; Financing and Loans; Growth Management
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      • 17 Oct 2019
      • News

      Venturing Away from Venture Capital

      Illustration by Peter Arkle Illustration by Peter Arkle Sandra Oh Lin (MBA 2003) has raised enough venture capital for now, thank you very much. Lin is the founder and CEO of KiwiCo, which designs and delivers science and art project kits... View Details
      Keywords: Alexander Gelfand
      • December 2015
      • Article

      Introduction: New Perspectives on Corporate Capital Structure

      By: Viral Acharya, Heitor Almeida and Malcolm Baker
      The National Bureau of Economic Research held a symposium titled "New Perspectives on Corporate Capital Structures" on April 5–6, 2013 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In its call for the submission of theoretical and empirical papers for the symposium, the NBER noted that... View Details
      Keywords: Capital Structure; Economic Growth; Financial Crisis; Corporate Finance
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      • 28 Apr 2022
      • Blog Post

      Harvard Team Wins Second Place in MIINT Impact Investing Competition

      (MBA 2023) shared his experience: “I joined the MIINT competition to learn how I could capitalize on my background as an investment professional to drive impact in emerging markets. The experience enabled me... View Details