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- 2003
- Chapter
Short-Term America Revisited? Boom and Bust in the Venture Capital Industry and the Impact on Innovation
By: Josh Lerner and Paul A. Gompers
This chapter seeks to understand the implications of the recent decline in venture activity for innovation. It argues that the situation may not be as grim as it initially appears. While there are many reasons for believing that on average venture capital has a... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Innovation and Invention; Business Cycles; Financial Services Industry; United States
Lerner, Josh, and Paul A. Gompers. "Short-Term America Revisited? Boom and Bust in the Venture Capital Industry and the Impact on Innovation." In Innovation Policy and the Economy, Volume 3, edited by Adam B. Jaffe, Josh Lerner, and Scott Stern, 1–28. MIT Press, 2003.
- December 1999 (Revised November 2001)
- Background Note
Note on Private Equity Securities, A
By: G. Felda Hardymon and Josh Lerner
Provides an overview of the primary securities used in private equity, their structures, and the economic motivation behind their designs. View Details
Hardymon, G. Felda, and Josh Lerner. "Note on Private Equity Securities, A." Harvard Business School Background Note 200-027, December 1999. (Revised November 2001.)
- summer 2003
- Article
Ownership and Control Rights in Internet Portal Alliances, 1995-1999
By: Daniel W. Elfenbein and Josh Lerner
Elfenbein, Daniel W., and Josh Lerner. "Ownership and Control Rights in Internet Portal Alliances, 1995-1999." RAND Journal of Economics 34, no. 2 (summer 2003).
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Getting Smart About Philanthropy
Seven HBS alumni are among more than 50 philanthropic leaders who share their strategic thinking, insights, and wisdom in a unique set of video interviews being showcased on the new GiveSmart.org website. The "Conversations with Remarkable Givers" series was created... View Details
- July 2017
- Article
Intellectual Property Rights Protection, Ownership, and Innovation: Evidence from China
By: Lily Fang, Josh Lerner and Chaopeng Wu
Using a difference-in-difference approach, we study how intellectual property right (IPR) protection affects innovation in China in the years around the privatizations of state-owned enterprises (SOEs). Innovation increases after SOE privatizations, and this increase... View Details
Keywords: Patents; Privatization; State Ownership; Trademarks; Copyright; Innovation and Invention; China
Fang, Lily, Josh Lerner, and Chaopeng Wu. "Intellectual Property Rights Protection, Ownership, and Innovation: Evidence from China." Review of Financial Studies 30, no. 7 (July 2017): 2446–2477.
- 2013
- Working Paper
Combining Banking with Private Equity Investing
By: Lily Fang, Victoria Ivashina and Josh Lerner
Bank-affiliated private equity groups account for 30% of all private equity investments. Their market share is highest during peaks of the private equity market, when the parent banks arrange more debt financing for in-house transactions yet have the lowest exposure to... View Details
Fang, Lily, Victoria Ivashina, and Josh Lerner. "Combining Banking with Private Equity Investing." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 19300, August 2013.
- February 2013
- Article
Digitization, Innovation, and Copyright: What Is the Agenda?
By: Shane Greenstein, Josh Lerner and Scott Stern
This essay discusses the need for research on the consequences of digitization, as well as the impact of alternative policies governing the creation and use of digital information. This agenda focuses on the development of research to investigate the economics of... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Research; Copyright; Information Management; Innovation and Invention
Greenstein, Shane, Josh Lerner, and Scott Stern. "Digitization, Innovation, and Copyright: What Is the Agenda?" Strategic Organization 11, no. 1 (February 2013): 110–121.
- March 2008 (Revised May 2008)
- Case
The Blackstone Group's IPO
By: Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
Steven Schwarzman, Chairman of the Blackstone Group, has just learned that an investment group associated with the government of China wants to buy the majority of Blackstone's leveraged IPO. As he considers how to respond to this offer, Schwarzman reviews the firm's... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Financial Liquidity; Initial Public Offering; Investment; Ownership Stake; Business and Stakeholder Relations
Hardymon, Felda, Josh Lerner, and Ann Leamon. "The Blackstone Group's IPO." Harvard Business School Case 808-100, March 2008. (Revised May 2008.)
- February 2008 (Revised May 2008)
- Case
Tad O'Malley: The Investment Conundrum
By: Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
Tad O'Malley has just started as an associate with Empire Investment Group. He must evaluate three investment opportunities facing the big leveraged buyout firm. All are global, but each pertains to different offices and each deal has different strengths and... View Details
Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Decision Choices and Conditions; Private Equity; Investment; Strength and Weakness; Negotiation Deal; Personal Development and Career
Hardymon, Felda, Josh Lerner, and Ann Leamon. "Tad O'Malley: The Investment Conundrum." Harvard Business School Case 808-125, February 2008. (Revised May 2008.)
- January 2008
- Teaching Note
Brazos Partners and Cheddar's Inc. (TN)
By: Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
Teaching Note for [806069]. View Details
- 2005
- Other Unpublished Work
Institutions, Capital Constraints and Entrepreneurial Firm Dynamics: Evidence from Europe
Desai, Mihir, Paul Gompers, and Josh Lerner. "Institutions, Capital Constraints and Entrepreneurial Firm Dynamics: Evidence from Europe." NBER Working Paper Series, June 2005.
- Web
“It’s like a pie-eating contest” | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
“It’s like a pie-eating contest” One night during his RC year at HBS, Josh Latson (MBA 2015) shadowed an emergency room physician through his rounds in a busy urban hospital. Josh was there as a member of... View Details
- 2016
- Working Paper
Venture Capital Data: Opportunities and Challenges
By: Steven N. Kaplan and Josh Lerner
This paper describes the available data and research on venture capital investments and performance. We comment on the challenges inherent in those data and research as well as possible opportunities to do better. View Details
Kaplan, Steven N., and Josh Lerner. "Venture Capital Data: Opportunities and Challenges." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-012, August 2016. (Forthcoming in Measuring Entrepreneurial Businesses: Current Knowledge and Challenges.)
- 1997
- Chapter
Patent Scope and Emerging Industries: Biotechnology, Software, and Beyond
By: Josh Lerner and Robert P. Merges
Keywords: Patents; Applications and Software; Genetics; Information Technology Industry; Biotechnology Industry
Lerner, Josh, and Robert P. Merges. "Patent Scope and Emerging Industries: Biotechnology, Software, and Beyond." In Competing in the Age of Digital Convergence, edited by D. B. Yoffie, 301–324. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1997.
- May 2011
- Case
Oriental Fortune Capital: Building a Better Stock Exchange
By: Josh Lerner and Keith Chi-ho Wong
When ChiNext opened in October 2009 as the second tier market of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE), it aimed to provide Chinese entrepreneurs with equity capital and to facilitate the exits of venture capital firms and other investors which had previously relied on... View Details
Keywords: Capital Markets; Stocks; Financial Markets; Venture Capital; Private Equity; International Finance; Financial Services Industry; China
Lerner, Josh, and Keith Chi-ho Wong. "Oriental Fortune Capital: Building a Better Stock Exchange." Harvard Business School Case 811-105, May 2011.
- Article
It Ain't Broke: The Past, Present, and Future of Venture Capital
By: Steven N. Kaplan and Josh Lerner
Keywords: Venture Capital
Kaplan, Steven N., and Josh Lerner. "It Ain't Broke: The Past, Present, and Future of Venture Capital." Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 22, no. 2 (Spring 2010): 1–12.
- September 2001 (Revised January 2008)
- Teaching Note
Metapath Software: September 1997 TN
By: G. Felda Hardymon and Josh Lerner
Teaching Note for (9-899-160). View Details
Keywords: Technology Industry
- April 2000
- Case
Francisco Partners
By: Josh Lerner and David L. Gallo
Francisco Partners (which focuses on buyouts of high-technology firms) aims to be the largest first-time fund ever raised. The rationales for the fund, fundraising strategy, and partnership terms and conditions are among the topics explored. View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Leveraged Buyouts; Venture Capital; Financial Strategy; Partners and Partnerships; Strategy; Investment Funds; Financial Services Industry
Lerner, Josh, and David L. Gallo. "Francisco Partners." Harvard Business School Case 200-063, April 2000.
- August 2022
- Teaching Note
In-Q-Tel: Innovation On A Mission
By: Josh Lerner and Joshua Lev Krieger
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 823-031. View Details
- April 2006
- Article
Introduction: NBER Conference on Strategic Alliances
By: Josh Lerner and Raghuram G. Rajan
Lerner, Josh, and Raghuram G. Rajan. "Introduction: NBER Conference on Strategic Alliances." Journal of Financial Economics 80, no. 1 (April 2006): 1–3.