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24 Apr 2014
News

Dreaming big for Africa’s future

Tope Lawani (MBA 1995, JD 1996) is cofounder and managing partner of London-based Helios Investments, a private investment firm concentrating on socioeconomic development in Africa. Helios is virtually the... View Details

31 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 31, 2009

equity that are nonetheless considered public by virtue of having publicly traded debt. We develop and test two hypotheses. The "demand" hypothesis holds that earnings of public equity firms are of higher quality than earnings... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

30 Nov 2020
Research & Ideas

COVID Not Slowing VC Investment

researchers say. “The private equity firms have truly had to roll up their sleeves and become very, very active in their portfolio companies,” Gompers says. “And there's only so much time to spend in a given... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Financial Services; Banking

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PE Fundraising

How do I create a list of firms by geography, type of fundraising and timeframe? In Preqin Click on Private Equity>Funds Under Advanced Search you can query by fund status, size, vintage and structure. Click on ESG... View Details

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Doing Business with China 2035: Navigating Uncertainty - Course Catalog

Independent Project are encouraged to reach out to Prof. Kirby at term start. By 2035 China will be the largest economy in the world and an innovation superpower. Engagement with China—as entrepreneurs, investors, or partners—is part of our collective future. But in... View Details

14 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

The Big Money for Big Projects

U.K., have adopted a hybrid approach known as the Private Finance Initiative (PFI), also known as "public-private partnerships" (PPP). Under this approach, private View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

24 Apr 2014
News

Building businesses that benefit a community as well as the bottom line

Richard Sussman (GMP 12, 2012) is using his work in private equity to guide start-up firms toward benefiting others as they grow their businesses (Published April 2014) View Details

05 Apr 2016
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Summer Internships in the JD/MBA Program

LLP, a multinational corporate law firm headquartered in New York City. While there, I divided my time between their Private Equity/Mergers and Acquisitions group and their Capital Markets group. I had the... View Details

21 Aug 2000
Research & Ideas

Faculty Research Looks to Latin America

Does it work? And for firms in countries that pursue that route: How do they make it work? "My research questions include: Were Latin American countries right to avoid share privatizations? What accounts for the apparent success of... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

29 Dec 2019
Research & Ideas

Read Our Most Popular Research Stories of 2019

dynamic distinction helps for understanding whether and how sustainability practices can help companies establish a competitive advantage over time. The Economic Effects of Private Equity Buyouts This study of 6,000 View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Analyst Rules Mean More Disclosure, But Less Information | Working Knowledge

coverage of the visited firm for two to four weeks, and sometimes drop coverage altogether. Rival analysts often turn their attention to the visited company’s competitors in the immediate period following disclosure of such a visit.... View Details

01 Mar 2003
News

Three Appointed to Endowed Professorships

efforts center on issues affecting entrepreneurial firms and their investors. Gompers studies the structure, governance, and performance of private equity funds; the sources of financing, incentive design,... View Details

Keywords: fellowships; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2018
News

Preparing Global Leaders

and diverse business issues,” he says. Wahl, an investor based in Oslo, Norway, was cofounder and partner of the private equity firm IK Investment Partners Ltd. from 1989 to 2009. Presently he runs... View Details

12 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

What Brands Can Do to Monitor Factory Conditions of Suppliers

of monitoring by private civil-society actors can be particularly valuable in countries where government labor inspection agencies are weak.” That finding in particular may be helpful not only to a company looking to choose a country for... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry

private companies; information on investment firms and capital transactions; For a multimedia learning module on Capital IQ check out our View Details

01 Jun 1997
News

Bruce Rauner (MBA '81) Endows New Professorship

older or retired to share my good fortune," says Rauner, managing principal of Golder, Thoma, Cressey, Rauner, Inc. (GTCR), a Chicago-based private equity firm that specializes in acquiring and consolidating... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner

01 Mar 2012
News

Speak English, Please!

private or small-group classes. “Education is correlated with stronger language education,” she says. While it’s challenging for workers to start from scratch, it is “absolutely doable,” she adds. In related research, Neeley, who speaks... View Details

Keywords: Kim Girard; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

01 Dec 2017
News

Global Perspectives

how knowledgeable and proactive the firms we visited were about sustainability; some of them are far ahead of firms in the developed world. They understand that it’s essential to their long-term survival.”... View Details

17 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 17, 2009

Returns Authors:Robin Greenwood and Samuel Hanson Abstract When investors overvalue a particular firm characteristic, corporations endowed with that characteristic can absorb some of the demand by issuing equity. We use time-series... View Details