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- 18 Jan 2023
- News
Should You Trust Private Equity to Take Care of Your Dog?
- 27 Apr 2023
- Cold Call Podcast
Equity Bank CEO James Mwangi: Transforming Lives with Access to Credit
- 18 Dec 2020
- News
Progress Update on Racial Equity Plan
This week, HBS offered a progress update on its Racial Equity Plan—a seven-part action plan developed by the Dean’s Anti-Racism Task Force and released in September. In the past three months, the School’s progress has included launching a... View Details
- 2006
- Working Paper
The Costs and Benefits of Undoing Egocentric Responsibility Assessments in Groups
By: Eugene M. Caruso, Nicholas Epley and Max H. Bazerman
- 18 Sep 2017
- News
Private Equity for Cheapskates Like You
- July 2006
- Article
The Effects of Cardiac Specialty Hospitals on the Cost and Quality of Medical Care
By: Jason R. Barro, Robert S. Huckman and Daniel P. Kessler
Barro, Jason R., Robert S. Huckman, and Daniel P. Kessler. "The Effects of Cardiac Specialty Hospitals on the Cost and Quality of Medical Care." Journal of Health Economics 25, no. 4 (July 2006): 702–721.
- 2017
- Article
Hidden Costs of Financial Value: Anxiety-Related Health Outcomes and the Zero-Sum Aspects of Money
By: Daniel A. Brown
Brown, Daniel A. "Hidden Costs of Financial Value: Anxiety-Related Health Outcomes and the Zero-Sum Aspects of Money." Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings (2017). (Best Paper Proceedings.)
- 2001
- Working Paper
The Efficiency of Equity-Linked Compensation: Understanding the Full Cost of Awarding Executive Stock Options
Meulbroek, Lisa K. "The Efficiency of Equity-Linked Compensation: Understanding the Full Cost of Awarding Executive Stock Options." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 00-056, March 2001.
- 2009
- Working Paper
Endowments, Fiscal Federalism, and the Cost of Capital for States: Evidence from Brazil, 1891-1930
By: Andre C. Martinez Fritscher and Aldo Musacchio
There is a large amount of literature that aims to explain what determines country risk (defined as the difference between the yield of a sovereign's bonds and the risk-free rate). In this paper, we contribute to the discussion by arguing that an important explanatory... View Details
- Web
Sexual Harassment - Race, Gender & Equity
Life & Leadership After HBS Pervasive & Pernicious: Sexual Harassment at Work In 2018, as the #MeToo movement brought new attention to the prevalence of sexual harassment at work, we asked Harvard Business School alumni* about harassment... View Details
- 10 Dec 2014
- News
Lessons for Private Equity Learned From the Last Merger Frenzy
- July 2006
- Article
Do a Firm's Equity Returns Reflect the Risk of Its Pension Plan?
By: Li Jin, Robert C. Merton and Zvi Bodie
Jin, Li, Robert C. Merton, and Zvi Bodie. "Do a Firm's Equity Returns Reflect the Risk of Its Pension Plan?" Journal of Financial Economics 81, no. 1 (July 2006): 1–26.
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Advance Racial Equity in the Office
Atlantic. To make workplaces a true meritocracy, leaders need to adopt the same kind of systematic approach that they apply routinely to every other area of the business—a process that MLT has outlined in... View Details
- February 2021 (Revised June 2021)
- Case
Barbarians at the Gate or Turnaround Gurus? Private Equity and the Rise of the LBO
By: Tom Nicholas and John Masko
During the 1980s, leveraged buyouts (LBOs) and the private equity (PE) firms responsible for carrying them out revolutionized both investment and management in the U.S. Between 1980 and 1989, buyout activity in the U.S. surged from $1 billion per year to $60 billion.... View Details
Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Conglomerates; Restructuring; Borrowing and Debt; Private Equity; Bonds; Investment Return; Institutional Investing; Profit Sharing; Business History; Management Style; Private Ownership; Performance Effectiveness; Value Creation; Financial Services Industry; United States
Nicholas, Tom, and John Masko. "Barbarians at the Gate or Turnaround Gurus? Private Equity and the Rise of the LBO." Harvard Business School Case 821-016, February 2021. (Revised June 2021.)
- February 2000
- Article
Money Chasing Deals?: The Impact of Fund Inflows on the Valuation of Private Equity Investments
By: Paul Gompers and Josh Lerner
Gompers, Paul, and Josh Lerner. "Money Chasing Deals?: The Impact of Fund Inflows on the Valuation of Private Equity Investments." Journal of Financial Economics 55, no. 2 (February 2000): 281–325.
- summer 1992
- Article
Cross-country Differences in the Cost of Capital: A Survey and Evaluation of Recent Empirical Studies
By: W. C. Kester and T. A. Luehrman
Kester, W. C., and T. A. Luehrman. "Cross-country Differences in the Cost of Capital: A Survey and Evaluation of Recent Empirical Studies." Continental Bank Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 5, no. 2 (summer 1992): 29–41.
- 17 Feb 2010
- News
Cut Costs and Improve Care? That's True Reform
- 12 Dec 2017
- Video
Devi Shetty_Strategies for Keeping Costs Low
- January 1994 (Revised April 2011)
- Background Note
Note on Private Equity Partnership Agreements
By: Josh Lerner
Venture capital by necessity is a long-run investment. Consequently, since the mid-1960s virtually all venture financing has been raised through private partnerships with a ten-year or longer life span. To govern these investments, complex contracts have sprung up... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Financing and Loans; Investment; Governance; Contracts; Partners and Partnerships
Lerner, Josh. "Note on Private Equity Partnership Agreements." Harvard Business School Background Note 294-084, January 1994. (Revised April 2011.)