Cost Of Equity - Publications - Faculty & Research

November 1995
Background Note

Depreciation, Price Level Adjustments, and the Cost of Capital: Technical Note

We study markups and pricing strategies along the supply chain. Our unique dataset combines detailed price and cost information from a large global manufacturer with matched retail prices collected online for the period July 2018 through June 2023. We show that... View Details

September 1998 (Revised May 2011)
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Note on Private Equity Information Sources

By: Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon

Provides an overview of key information sources about venture capital and private equity. View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital; Private Equity; Investment; Knowledge Acquisition

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What's Behind the Private Equity Boom?

01 Oct 2020
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Lara O'Connor Hodgson: Balancing Equity Ownership with Varying Levels of Contribution

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Configuring a Supply Chain to Reduce the Cost of Demand Uncertainty

By: A. Raman, M. Fisher, J. Hammond and W. Obermeyer

Keywords: Supply Chain; Cost; Risk and Uncertainty

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November 2006
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The Costs and Benefits of Undoing Egocentric Responsibility Assessments in Groups

By: E. Caruso, N. Epley and M. H. Bazerman

Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Groups and Teams

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December 1994 (Revised September 2012)
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Note on Valuing Equity Cash Flows

By: Timothy A. Luehrman

A technical note for advanced students on the topic of valuing highly-levered equity. Introduces the "equity cash flow" valuation methodology, shows how to use it, discusses the sources and signs of its built-in biases, and provides some guidance about when to use it. View Details

Keywords: Cash Flow; Equity; Valuation

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01 Sep 2012
News

Private equity in China: Hony ahoy

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2023 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

for what will be the 10th gathering of scholarship and fellowship on May 4th & 5th, 2023. This year, we are excited to continue the event under our new name, the Race, Gender & Equity at Work Symposium . The... View Details

November 2022 (Revised October 2024)
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'A Marshall Plan for Africa': James Mwangi and Equity Group Holdings

By: Caroline M. Elkins, Debora L. Spar, Zeke Gillman and Julia M. Comeau

Financial Inclusion. Dignity. Trust. These were the core principles driving James Mwangi’s transformation of Equity Building Society, insolvent in 1991, into what is, today, Equity Group Holdings, East and Central Africa’s largest retail banking institution. Raised in... View Details

Keywords: Income Inequality; Micro Finance; Microcredit; Microfinance; Banks and Banking; Equality and Inequality; Mission and Purpose; Business Model; Social Entrepreneurship; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; Africa; Kenya

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Timeline - Race, Gender & Equity

Data: The Ever-Expanding Frontier Timeline 1607 Jamestown A Short History of Jamestown Jamestown Colony 1619 Enslaved Africans brought to Point Comfort, Virginia The 1619 Landing — Report & FAQs First African Slave Ship Arrives at... View Details

2013
Other Unpublished Work

Infrastructure for Ore: Benefits and Costs of a Not-So-Original Idea

By: Louis T. Wells

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14 Nov 2019
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Health Minute: Measure Costs Correctly for Better Patient Outcomes

10 Nov 2009
Working Paper Summaries

Endowments, Fiscal Federalism, and the Cost of Capital for States: Evidence from Brazil, 1891-1930

Keywords: by André C. Martínez Fritscher & Aldo Musacchio

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Title IX & Gender Equity | About

Title IX & Gender Equity University Title IX Policy & Procedures Harvard’s University-wide Title IX policy and procedures guide efforts to prevent and respond to sexual harassment – including sexual violence – related to sex, sexual... View Details

04 Aug 2020
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How Business Can Advance Racial Equity

member, ed tech veteran, and current cofounder and managing partner of Ethical Ventures, a management consultancy dedicated to social enterprises. In its first month, the Business for Racial Equity Pledge... View Details

10 Mar 2015
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UCLA Researchers for the first Time Measure the Cost of Care for a Common Prostate Condition

July 2023
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Takahashi-Alexander Revisited: Modeling Private Equity Portfolio Outcomes Using Historical Simulations

By: Dawson Beutler, Alex Billias, Sam Holt, Josh Lerner and TzuHwan Seet

In 2001, Dean Takahashi and Seth Alexander of the Yale University Investments Office developed a deterministic model for estimating future cash flows and valuations for the Yale endowment’s private equity portfolio. Their model, which is simple and intuitive, is still... View Details

Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Investment Portfolio; Analytics and Data Science

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