Publications

Educators

January 2013
Article

Preference Heterogeneity and Optimal Capital Income Taxation

By: Mikhail Golosov, Maxim Troshkin, Aleh Tsyvinski and Matthew Weinzierl

We examine a prominent justification for capital income taxation: goods preferred by those with high ability ought to be taxed. In an environment where commodity taxes are allowed to be nonlinear functions of income and consumption, we derive an analytical expression... View Details

Keywords: Taxation

Article

Specialization and Success: Evidence from Venture Capital

By: Paul A. Gompers, Anna Kovner and Josh Lerner

This paper examines how organizational structure affects behavior and outcomes, studying the performance of different types of venture capital organizations. We find a strong positive relationship between the degree of specialization by individual venture capitalists... View Details

Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Venture Capital; Organizational Structure; Outcome or Result; Performance Effectiveness; Behavior; Financial Services Industry

Research Summary

Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism

Conducted in collaboration with Geoffrey Jones, this project looks at the role of cross-border entrepreneurship in global economic integration and disintegration. Drawing on cases of international entrepreneurship from around the world over the last two centuries, it... View Details

January 2024 (Revised February 2024)
Case

OpenAI: Idealism Meets Capitalism

By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai

In November 2023, the board of OpenAI, one of the most successful companies in the history of technology, decided to fire Sam Altman, its charismatic and influential CEO. Their decision shocked the corporate world and had people wondering why OpenAI had designed a... View Details

Keywords: AI; AI and Machine Learning; Governing and Advisory Boards; Ethics; Strategy; Technological Innovation; Leadership

Educators

16 May 2020
Interview

Agile in Venture Capital

By: Euvin Naidoo

January 1959
Background Note

Analysis of Capital Expenditures

Fall 2018
Article

Cosmopoleis: Empire and Capitalism

By: Sophus A. Reinert

1984
Working Paper

Middle East Capital Flows

By: S. L. Hayes III and Zuhayr Mikdashi

January 2011
Supplement

Matrix Capital Management (B)

By: Malcolm P. Baker and David Lane

Ben Balbale, a partner at hedge fund Matrix Capital, must decide whether to exit their investment in Rovi Corporation, a company with a diverse portfolio of patents used primarily for digital interactive guides. Rovi's shares are up over 50% from the time Balbale... View Details

Keywords: Public Ownership; Cash Flow; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Investment Funds; Financial Strategy; Valuation; Partners and Partnerships; Markets; Performance Efficiency; Patents; Stock Shares; Decisions; Financial Services Industry

August 2001
Teaching Note

CDC Capital Partners TN

By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon

Teaching Note for (9-801-333). View Details

Keywords: Financial Services Industry; United Kingdom

03 Oct 2008
News

Capitalism to the Rescue

July 2014
Supplement

Barclays Bank and Contingent Capital Notes, 2012 (CW)

By: Lucy White and Trent Kim

In 2012, regulatory changes following the financial crisis mean that Barclays Bank is faced with the need to raise large amounts of capital in order to comply with increased capital requirements, tightening rules as to the "quality of capital," and increased risk... View Details

Keywords: Capital; Financial Crisis; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry

06 Nov 2000
Research & Ideas

The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success

Corporate-sponsored venture funds first appeared in the 1960s, about two decades after the first flowering of the venture capital industry. Ever since, they have mirrored the cyclic nature of the industry as a whole. But there are... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner

17 Feb 2011
Working Paper Summaries

Preference Heterogeneity and Optimal Capital Income Taxation

Keywords: by Mikhail Golosov, Maxim Troshkin, Aleh Tsyvinski & Matthew Weinzierl

September 2007
Supplement

Stryker Corporation: Capital Budgeting (CW)

By: Timothy A. Luehrman

Keywords: Capital Budgeting

July 1998
Article

What Drives Venture Capital Fundraising?

By: P. Gompers and J. Lerner

Keywords: Venture Capital