by Paul Gompers - Publications - Faculty & Research

Article

30 Oct 2015
News

DraftKings raised $200m in investments in summer

Research Summary

Long-Run Performance Following Equity Issue

In an effort to establish how the transition from private to public firm affects performance, Paul A. Gompers is examining the long-run performance of companies that issue equity in an initial public or seasoned offering. He is also attempting to determine whether... View Details

03 Oct 2022
News

Why a Failed Startup Might Be Good for Your Career After All

06 Aug 2009
Working Paper Summaries

Buy Local? The Geography of Successful and Unsuccessful Venture Capital Expansion

Keywords: by Henry Chen, Paul A. Gompers, Anna Kovner & Josh Lerner

11 May 2015
Working Paper Summaries

What Do Private Equity Firms Say They Do?

Keywords: by Paul A. Gompers, Steven N. Kaplan & Vladimir Mukharlyamov; Financial Services

01 Apr 2002
News

Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City

Neighborhood Revival, former HBS senior lecturer Paul S. Grogan, who also served as Harvard's vice president for Government, Community, and Public Affairs, and coauthor Tony Proscio point to four encouraging trends that give cause for... View Details

Keywords: Paul Grogan; Peter Tufano; David Crockett; Diana Barrett; Real Estate

27 Jan 2017
Working Paper Summaries

The Microstructure of Work: How Unexpected Breaks Let You Rest, but Not Lose Focus

Keywords: by Pradeep Pendem, Paul Green, Bradley R. Staats, and Francesca Gino

27 May 2021
Video

2022 Israel IFC

20 Mar 2012
Working Paper Summaries

The Stock Selection and Performance of Buy-Side Analysts

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Paul Healy, George Serafeim, Devin Shanthikumar & Gui Yang; Financial Services

18 Apr 2023
Research & Ideas

The Best Person to Lead Your Company Doesn't Work There—Yet

are external hires, and roughly two-thirds are “complete outsiders,” finds a recent working paper by Paul Gompers, the Eugene Holman Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. In... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

04 Oct 2018
Research & Ideas

Diversity Boosts Profits in Venture Capital Firms

percent more likely to hire women as partners for VC funds—the equivalent of a random distribution of gender diversity. “We could then identify the component of gender diversity caused exclusively by having a daughter uncorrelated to... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Banking; Financial Services

03 Aug 2022
News

Private Equity

03 Dec 2008
Working Paper Summaries

Performance Persistence in Entrepreneurship

Keywords: by Paul A. Gompers, Anna Kovner, Josh Lerner & David S. Scharfstein

22 Apr 2002
Lessons from the Classroom

Entrepreneurship: It Can Be Taught

the Sarofim-Rock Professor of Business Administration, Paul W. Marshall, the MBA Class of 1960 Professor of Management Practice and course head for The Entrepreneurial Manager, and Richard G. Hamermesh, senior lecturer and instructor for... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

01 Dec 2014
Research & Ideas

The Big Influence of Small Countries in the United Nations Secretariat

Who really runs the world? We're not talking in a power-brokers-conspiring-in-the-back-room sort of way. Rather, by looking at the institutions that countries themselves have set up to organize the world's affairs, can we determine who is... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

29 Jul 2022
News

Will Demand for Women Executives Finally Shrink the Gender Pay Gap?

08 Sep 2003
Research & Ideas

A Bold Proposal for Investment Reform

For companies to redeem credibility with investors, argue Harvard Business School professors Paul Healy and Krishna Palepu, "fundamental and even radical reforms must be made to the way America's markets process the flows of... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

02 Jun 2017
News

Venture capital’s gender gap is costly for firms and the economy

28 May 2024
In Practice

Job Search Advice for a Tough Market: Think Broadly and Stay Flexible

capital fundraising markets are slowly improving. Prospects are likely to improve over the short run and perseverance is rewarded. Paul Gompers is the Eugune Holman Professor of Business Administration at... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

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