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  • 27 Sep 2016
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September 27, 2016

the challenges inherent in those data and research as well as possible opportunities to do better. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50652 How Do Venture Capitalists Make Decisions? By: Gompers, Paul A.,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 2020
  • Working Paper

Private Equity and COVID-19

By: Paul A. Gompers, Steven N. Kaplan and Vladimir Mukharlyamov
We survey more than 200 private equity (PE) managers from firms with $1.9 trillion of assets under management (AUM) about their portfolio performance, decisionmaking and activities during the Covid-19 pandemic. Given that PE managers have significant incentives to... View Details
Keywords: Health Pandemics; Private Equity; Management; Investment Portfolio; Performance; Decision Making; Value Creation
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  • September 2001 (Revised June 2005)
  • Case

Stevenson Industries (A)

By: John A. Davis and Kacie LaChapelle
Simon Carlson, chairman of the board of his family's fourth-generation industrial company, must decide how to deal with his conflict with the company's nonfamily CEO. Hired by the board just 15 months earlier to pursue growth more aggressively, CEO Paul Steel has upset... View Details
Keywords: Family Business; Management Succession; Management Style; Governing and Advisory Boards; Management Teams; Rank and Position; Organizational Culture; Decision Making; Manufacturing Industry
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    The Venture Capital Cycle

    In The Venture Capital Cycle, Paul Gompers and Josh Lerner correct widespread misperceptions about the nature and role of the venture capitalist and provide an accessible and comprehensive overview of the venture capital industry. Bringing together fifteen... View Details

    • October 2009 (Revised March 2011)
    • Case

    Qualcomm Incorporated 2009

    By: David B. Yoffie, Andrei Hagiu and Elizabeth A. Kind
    Paul Jacobs, chairman and CEO of Qualcomm Incorporated, smiled as he reflected on the success of Qualcomm's code division multiple access (CDMA) technology. By the summer of 2009, CDMA was the basis for all third generation technologies available for cellular... View Details
    Keywords: Business Units; Diversification; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Growth and Development Strategy; Telecommunications Industry
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    • 08 Mar 2017
    • Op-Ed

    Op-Ed: Can the Proposed American Health Care Act Improve on 'Obamacare'?

    Yesterday, President Donald Trump endorsed the American Health Care Act (AHCA), a plan proposed by Republican United States lawmakers to replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), more commonly known as “Obamacare.” Democrats rallied against... View Details
    Keywords: by John Quelch, Dr. Gordon Moore, and Emily Boudreau
    • July 2022
    • Article

    Private Equity and COVID-19

    By: Paul A. Gompers, Steven N. Kaplan and Vladimir Mukharlyamov
    We survey more than 200 private equity (PE) managers from firms with $1.9 trillion of assets under management (AUM) about their portfolio performance, decisionmaking and activities during the Covid-19 pandemic. Given that PE managers have significant incentives to... View Details
    Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; Health Pandemics; Private Equity; Management; Investment Portfolio; Performance; Decision Making; Value Creation
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    • November 2015 (Revised August 2016)
    • Case

    Unilever's New Global Strategy: Competing through Sustainability

    By: Christopher A. Bartlett
    In January 2009, when Paul Polman was appointed CEO of Unilever, he inherited a company in long-term decline at the beginning of a major global financial crisis. As the first outsider ever recruited to lead the company, Polman lost little time in challenging the... View Details
    Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Competitive Strategy; Environmental Sustainability; Consumer Products Industry
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    Financing New Business Formation

    By: Paul A. Gompers
    New business creation has become a potent force for economicdevelopment in the United States. Prior to 1980, large firms created the majority of new jobs in the American economy. While considerable debate rages over whether small firms are the source of recent job... View Details
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    Reviews for Beauty Imagined

    By: Geoffrey G. Jones

    “This illuminating account of the history of the beauty business, as well as its current challenges in the face of globalization, offers unique insights on the drivers of success and failure in an industry in which branding and marketing are at the heart of... View Details

    • 16 Dec 2014
    • First Look

    First Look: December 16

    benefits are at most partially realized. The same institutions and practices that facilitate efficient ad placement can also facilitate fraud. The networks that should be serving advertisers have decidedly mixed incentives, such as cost savings from cutting corners,... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • Web

    Research - Faculty & Research

    scholars from outside institutions. HBS Working Knowlege 12 Nov 2024 Inside One Startup's Journey to Break Down Hiring (and Funding) Barriers Re: Paul A. Gompers 08 Nov 2024... View Details
    • Web

    Business Economics - Doctoral

    Vallee Luis M. Viceira Matthew C. Weinzierl Dennis A. Yao Current HBS Faculty & Students by Interest Asset pricing Lauren H. Cohen Robin Greenwood Samuel G. Hanson Ishita Sen Adi Sunderam Behavioral finance... View Details
    • 16 Jan 2007
    • First Look

    First Look: January 16, 2007

      Working Papers"Don'ts" And "Do's": Insights from Experience In Mitigating Risks Of Western Investors In Post-Communist Countries Authors:Charalambos A. Vlachoutsicos and Paul R.... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 24 Jun 2008
    • First Look

    First Look: June 24, 2008

    two recently identified bounds: bounded ethicality and bounded awareness. By organizing diverse theories into a clear framework, the taxonomy should aid researchers and educators in identifying new strategies for improving decision... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace

      Robert C. Merton

      Robert C. Merton is the School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

      Merton is University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University and was the George Fisher Baker Professor of... View Details

      Keywords: banking; brokerage; financial services; insurance industry; investment banking industry; retail financial services
      • 11 Apr 2017
      • First Look

      First Look at New Research, April 11

      biased forecasts for potential future employers are more likely to face favorable career outcomes and bank executives appear to profit from the analysts' bias since the bias is associated with higher levels of insider trading. Our results highlight the bias created... View Details
      • 19 Jan 2011
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      First Look: Jan. 18

      Influence (Un)ethical Behavior Authors:F. Gino and Joshua D. Margolis Publication:Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes (forthcoming) Abstract In four laboratory studies, we find that regulatory focus induced by situational... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • Web

      Academic Experience - MBA

      Episode # 65 Re: Mark Roberge 12 Nov 2024 More Videos How Entertainment Lawyer John Branca Negotiated for the Beatles Songs Catalog Re: James Sebenius 26 Nov 2024 | Cold Call More Cold Call Podcasts Inside One Startup's Journey to Break Down Hiring (and Funding)... View Details
      • 13 Apr 2010
      • First Look

      First Look: April 13

      by deviating frequently and in predictable ways from the recommendations offered by a centralized capacity planning model. Finally, we document that these discretionary capacity supply decisions exhibit a... View Details
      Keywords: Martha Lagace