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  • January 2008
  • Article

Venture Capital Investment Cycles: The Impact of Public Markets

By: Paul Gompers, Anna Kovner, Josh Lerner and David Scharfstein
It is well documented that the venture capital industry is highly volatile and that much of this volatility is associated with shifting valuations and activity in public equity markets. This paper examines how changes in public market signals affected venture capital... View Details
Keywords: Market Cycles; Venture Capital; Investment; Experience and Expertise; Public Equity; Volatility; Financial Services Industry
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Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Race, Gender & Equity at Work Symposium Race, Gender & Equity at Work Symposium 2023 Symposium 4-5 May 2023 Tools for Humanity: Rage and Love as Acts of Resistance and Renewal We have proudly hosted our... View Details
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HBS Course: Private Equity Finance

What resources are recommended for this course? Suggested Resources Private Equity - Funds, Firms, Transactions, etc. Preqin
Information on PE fund... View Details
  • April 3, 2016
  • Guest Column

The Power of C.E.O. Activism: How Politically Outspoken Executives Sway Public (and Consumer) Opinion

By: Aaron K. Chatterji and Michael W. Toffel
Some CEOs are making news by taking public stances on controversial social issues largely unrelated to their core business. This article summarizes the insights from our research paper that shows that such "CEO activism" can influence public opinion and consumer... View Details
Keywords: Leadership & Corporate Accountability; Non-market Strategy; Corporate Social Responsibility; Politics; Political Influence; Political Strategy; Political Risk; Equity; Gender; Climate Change; Communication Strategy; Law; Leadership; Brands and Branding; Media; Problems and Challenges; Civil Society or Community; Social Issues; Public Opinion; United States; Georgia (state, US); North Carolina; Indiana; Indianapolis
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Faculty - Race, Gender & Equity

Lecturer of Business Administration Sara Fleiss was the co-founder and co-portfolio manager of Emeth Partners, an emerging markets arbitrage hedge fund. Prior to founding Emeth, Sara was the lead analyst on the Emerging Markets Equities... View Details
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Private Equity Finance - Course Catalog

recapitalizations, strategic and financial sales of portfolio companies, initial public offerings, and secondary transactions. Module 5: Private Equity Firm Strategic and Management Issues This final module... View Details
  • 30 Apr 2009
  • Working Paper Summaries

Earnings Quality and Ownership Structure: The Role of Private Equity Sponsors

Keywords: by Sharon P. Katz; Financial Services
  • 04 Aug 2020
  • News

How Business Can Advance Racial Equity

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes In mid-June, weeks after protests against racial injustice spread globally, the Leadership Now Project—founded in 2017 by HBS alumni to fix American democracy—released the Business for Racial View Details
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Sexual Harassment - Race, Gender & Equity

public sectors to have experienced harassment—again, partly explained by a greater representation of women in leadership. Sector All Made sexually suggestive remarks Treated negatively for not looking/acting feminine Attempted to draw... View Details
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RGE Report - Race, Gender & Equity

Race, Gender and Equity at Work Race, Gender and Equity at Work Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author HBS Staff Topics Topics Board Diversity RGE Blog Filters Read posts from Author HBS... View Details
  • 21 Feb 2023
  • Research & Ideas

What's Missing from the Racial Equity Dialogue?

purchase a home than to rent one in 95 percent of America. This one racist policy has led to an affordable housing crisis that impacts most White home buyers today. “I often ask how racism harms those at the bottom of the imaginary hierarchy and those at the top,... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
  • July 2010
  • Article

Board Interlocks and the Propensity to Be Targeted in Private Equity Transactions

By: Toby E. Stuart and Soojin Yim
In this paper, we examine the propensity for U.S. public companies to become targets for private equity-backed, take-private transactions. We consider the characteristics of 483 private equity-backed deals in the 2000-2007 period relative to public companies, and find... View Details
Keywords: Board Interlocks; Board Networks; Social Networks; Private Equity; Corporate Governance; Public Ownership; Market Transactions; Governing and Advisory Boards; United States
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  • 19 Jan 2021
  • News

Engaging Community to Create Proactive, Equitable Public Safety

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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 Location: Virtual Organizer: The Race, Gender & Equity Initiative Our theme Race, Capitalism... View Details
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2023 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Wilson Professor of Business Administration and faculty chair of the HBS Race, Gender & Equity Initiative. She conducts research on race and gender relations in organizations with a focus on organizational change, group dynamics,... View Details
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2016 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

(co-authored with Mrinal Sinha, UT Press, 2016). Dr. Hurtado has received the Women of Color Psychologies Award, the American Educational Research Association's SAGE Award for distinguished contributions to gender equity in education... View Details
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2022 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Business Administration and faculty chair of the HBS Race, Gender & Equity Initiative. She conducts research on race and gender relations in organizations with a focus on organizational change, group dynamics, learning, conflict, power,... View Details
  • 08 May 2013
  • Research & Ideas

A Company’s Evolving View of Gender Equity

how is internal adaptation in employment practices linked to external shifts in gendered beliefs and practices? The authors began by comparing thousands of pages of the firm's internal documents, such as surveys and interviews, as well as View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Accounting
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2019 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

public knowledge. She is also the Director of the Women's Media Center Speech Project and an advocate for women's freedom of expression and expanded civic and political engagement. She currently serves on the national boards of the... View Details
  • 1999
  • Other Unpublished Work

Executive Ownership and Control in Newly Public Firms: The Role of Venture Capitalists

By: Malcolm Baker and Paul Gompers
We study the implications of CEO equity ownership for incentives and control in a sample of 1,011 newly public firms. Before an initial public offering, equity investments by venture capitalists reduce CEO ownership by about half, from an average of 35 percent to 19... View Details
Keywords: Equity; Ownership; Motivation and Incentives; Initial Public Offering; Investment; Venture Capital; Managerial Roles; Cost Management; Governance Controls; Executive Compensation
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