Growth Equity - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2009
First Look

First Look: September 1

considerations guiding financial reporting. Financial reports produced under the positive theory of GAAP would also generate information useful for equity valuation, but equity valuation is not predicted to... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

March 2022
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Abu Issa Holding: Navigating the Qatar Blockade

By: Mark Egan and Youssef Abdel Aal

The case follows Ashraf Abu Issa, CEO and chairman of Abu Issa Holding (AIH), as he contemplated the fate of his company’s regional expansion. AIH was a Qatari diversified holding company, whose primary business was luxury retailing and distribution. Abu Issa had set... View Details

Keywords: Luxury Retail; Expansion; Equity; Business Divisions; Growth and Development; Market Entry and Exit; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Consumer Products Industry; Saudi Arabia; United Arab Emirates

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21 Mar 2022
Blog Post

The Impact of Career Coaching | When Mission Meets Passion

President of Auditory Insight, a boutique management consultancy focused exclusively on hearing healthcare. We partner with senior leaders of device and biopharma hearing healthcare companies to develop successful commercialization strategies. We also consult to... View Details

23 Jan 2019
Blog Post

The First Five Years: '30 under 30' Edition

Pradhan: “I work as a technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT) investor at TPG, a global private equity firm. While I work across the TMT sector, I primarily focus on TPG’s middle market buyout and View Details

17 Jan 2019
News

The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition

(TMT) investor at TPG, a global private equity firm. While I work across the TMT sector, I primarily focus on TPG’s middle market buyout and growth equity investments, which... View Details

14 Oct 2010
News

Jobs Bill Misses Mark

recent book, Boulevard of Broken Dreams, is the first in-depth examination of failed government efforts to support entrepreneurs. So what should government do? Lerner has this advice for policy makers. If you really want to create jobs, focus on creating ways for... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

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Private companies: fast growing

financials you can also add % Revenue Growth YoY to your screening criteria.

Use published lists: American City Business... View Details

01 Dec 2017
News

Bridging Domains

chairman of global private equity investing at Goldman Sachs, Sanjeev observes, “Every business in the world is interacting with science and engineering today. There’s a tremendous need for managers to become more conversant in how... View Details

10 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

Cable TV: From Community Antennas to Wired Cities

founders. 23 However, in the case of the agent-led focused firms, the entrepreneurs' ownership stakes had been diluted by issuing new equity to fund expansion. Owner-managed focused firms also financed their View Details

Keywords: by Thomas R. Eisenmann; Media & Broadcasting; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation

01 Mar 2016
News

HBS Fund Helps Fuel Faculty Research and New Learning Experiences

the student had interviewed industry leaders to better understand the barriers to growth that Indian private equity firms face — his analysis echoing findings from Sadun’s own research. “It built on... View Details

21 Apr 2015
First Look

First Look: April 21

society as a whole. Publisher's link: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1118646983.html April 2015 Management Science Private Equity and Industry Performance By: Bernstein, Shai, Josh Lerner, Morten Sorensen, and Per... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne

06 Dec 2021
Research & Ideas

The Popular Stock Metric That Can Lead Investors Astray

from 75 percent to 45 percent. The metric is no longer accurately predicting future returns and growth while the other valuation metrics continue to do so. "Institutional investors still rely on an increasingly flawed measure for... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

24 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

Something Ventured, Something Gained: A European View of Venture Capital

stamp of approval in the marketplace." U.S. venture funds didn't put on much muscle, however, until 1978, when pension funds got the green light to pour greenbacks into the coffers of venture capital and private equity firms. Some... View Details

Keywords: by James E. Aisner; Financial Services

22 May 2007
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First Look: May 22, 2007

Working PapersGlobal Currency Hedging Authors:John Y. Campbell, Karine Serfaty-de Medeiros, and Luis M. Viceira Abstract This paper considers the risk management problem of an investor who holds a diversified portfolio of global View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

23 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

New Challenges for Long-Term Investors

risk on bonds has been significantly smaller that the short-term return per risk on stocks. Thus short-term investors that value assets based on their expected return per unit of short-term volatility may find equities more attractive... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

18 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

The Bias of Wall Street Analysts

those that are the most optimistic, on average. All else equal, managers would clearly favor hiring a brokerage with analysts that are the most optimistic about the firm's future prospects. Analysts are persistently overoptimistic in their forecasts for the firms... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

01 Jun 2010
News

Alumni Books

A Vision for Venture Capital: Realizing the Promise of Global Venture Capital & Private Equity by Peter A. Brooke (MBA ’54) with Daniel Penrice (New Ventures) This book chronicles the career of Peter Brooke, who has been called “the... View Details

Keywords: mathematics; statistics; Finance

01 Jun 1998
News

Devtosh Khare

a business plan to solicit venture capital and helped with strategic planning for a new Web-based product launch. To further expand his knowledge of India's thriving entrepreneurial landscape, Khare also did some work as a summer associate at DLJ Private View Details

Keywords: Orna Feldman photograph by Webb Chappell

01 Jun 2017
News

The Exchange: Venture Forth

entrepreneur? That’s the next question: What is it that VCs are actually looking for? You also address another commonly held idea about the VC world: Investments are not always made based on the numbers. PG: In first-year Finance and second-year Private View Details

Keywords: April White

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Venture Creation Satish Tadikonda Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Field Course: Private Equity Projects and Ecosystems (also listed under Finance and General Management) John Dionne Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 Field Course: Startup Operations Christina... View Details

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