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2021 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Gender and Work Research Symposium: Virtual Edition Gender and Work Research Symposium: Virtual Edition 6 MAY 2021 Home Speakers Videos Agenda Presentation Danielle Allen Presents at the 2021 Gender and Work Symposium Harvard Business School Harvard University... View Details

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2019 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

The Courage of our Convictions The Courage of our Convictions 04–05 APR 2019 Home Speakers Videos Agenda Dialogue Opening Remarks Robin Ely and Lakshmi Ramarajan, Harvard Business School Symposium Co-Chairs, Robin Ely, Professor of Business Management at Harvard... View Details

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2018 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Race, Work & Leadership: Learning about & from Black Experience Race, Work & Leadership: Learning about & from Black Experience 08–09 MAR 2018 Home Speakers Videos Agenda 2018 marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Harvard Business School’s African American... View Details

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2018 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Race, Work & Leadership: Learning about & from Black Experience Race, Work & Leadership: Learning about & from Black Experience 08–09 MAR 2018 Home Speakers Videos Agenda 2018 marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Harvard Business School’s African American... View Details

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2016 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Talking the Walk: Possibilities for Change through Dialogue, Expression, and Narrative Talking the Walk: Possibilities for Change through Dialogue, Expression, and Narrative 31 MAR–01 APR 2016 Home Speakers Videos Agenda Changing the Narrative Katina Sawyer Katina... View Details

January 2022
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The Florange Law: Encouraging Long-Termism in Equity Markets?

By: Charles C.Y. Wang and Tonia Labruyere

This note provides background information on a French law (“the Florange law”) passed in 2014 that the French government said would encourage long-term shareholdings. The note describes the law, what led to it, the reactions it evoked, and similar initiatives in other... View Details

Keywords: Equity; Financial Markets; Investment Activism; Institutional Investing; Corporate Governance; Policy; Rights; Laws and Statutes; Business and Government Relations; Accounting Industry; France

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Capital Alliance Private Equity: Creating a Private Equity Leader in Nigeria

Describes the creation of the first private equity fund in Nigeria and the fund's potential first investment in GS Telecom, a Nigerian telecommunication service company. The fund's managers are keenly aware that a bad first investment could create a vicious circle for... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital; Entrepreneurship; Telecommunications Industry; Nigeria

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Diversity on Boards - Race, Gender & Equity

shop for content on what you need to become a board member and how to get there. We aim to connect exceptional alumni and accelerate the placement of qualified diverse candidates on public and private company boards. The Race, Gender and View Details

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One-Year Action Plan Update - Advancing Racial Equity

News & Commentary 23 SEP 2021 One-Year Action Plan Update Dean Srikant Datar discusses the School’s Advancing Racial Equity action plan at the one-year mark—progress made so far, and where there is still work to do—with Professor Jan... View Details

22 Jun 2022
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Reshma Saujani on recoding work for gender equity

If it’s cool for girls to code, why aren’t more women working in technology? And why are working mothers in all sectors finding it difficult to establish and maintain careers? Reshma Saujani, founder of Girls Who Code and Marshall Plan for Moms, shares her formula for... View Details

05 Mar 2012
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Josh Lerner Plans A Better Private Equity Database

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An Empirical Analysis of Investment Return Dispersion in Emerging Markets Private Equity

By: Josh Lerner and Mark Baker

The authors use transaction-level data to compare the dispersion of private equity (PE) returns in emerging markets (EMs) to the same in developed markets (DMs). They regress within-market absolute deviation from the mean on an EM indicator and controls. They find... View Details

Keywords: Private Equity; Emerging Markets; Investment Return; Analysis

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May 2000
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Is the Abnormal Return Following Equity Issuances Anomalous?

By: A. Brav, C. Geczy and Paul Gompers

Keywords: Equity; Insurance

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Venture Capital & Private Equity Club | MBA

Venture Capital & Private Equity Club The VCPE Club is committed to providing its members with career and educational opportunities in the venture capital and private equity sectors. Annual Events VCPE... View Details

October 2014
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Good Cop, Bad Cop: Complementarities Between Debt and Equity in Disciplining Management

By: Alexander Guembel and Lucy White

In this paper we examine how the quantity of information generated about firm prospects can be improved by splitting a firm's cash flow into a "safe" claim (debt) and a "risky" claim (equity). The former, being relatively insensitive to upside risk, provides a... View Details

Keywords: Information; Borrowing and Debt; Equity; Corporate Finance

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30 Mar 2022
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Women in Sports: Gender and Equity in the Olympics and Beyond

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First time investments in private equity and M&A.

How do I find first time investments in private equity? Use LSEG Workspace to identify first time private equity investments: Click on the Search Tools tab and select Private Equity/VC. Change the Entity Type to Investments. In the text... View Details