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- June 2008 (Revised February 2013)
- Case
Vignettes on Governance of Private Equity Firms
By: G. Felda Hardymon, Ann Leamon and Eugenia Adofo
In a series of vignettes, Nigella Hardy-Smyth of an international development agency that invests in emerging markets private equity firms must decide how to handle various situations that arise. As a member of the Limited Partner Advisory Board of each of the five... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Investment Funds; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Managerial Roles; Emerging Markets; Partners and Partnerships
Hardymon, G. Felda, Ann Leamon, and Eugenia Adofo. "Vignettes on Governance of Private Equity Firms." Harvard Business School Case 808-168, June 2008. (Revised February 2013.)
- 2015
- Working Paper
What Do Private Equity Firms Say They Do?
By: Paul A. Gompers, Steven N. Kaplan and Vladimir Mukharlyamov
We survey 79 private equity investors with combined assets under management (AUM) of over $750 billion about their practices in firm valuation, capital structure, governance, and value creation. Investors rely primarily on internal rate of return (IRR) and multiples to... View Details
Keywords: Governance; Value Creation; Private Equity; Capital Structure; Valuation; Management Practices and Processes
Gompers, Paul A., Steven N. Kaplan, and Vladimir Mukharlyamov. "What Do Private Equity Firms Say They Do?" Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 15-081, April 2015.
- Article
Institutional Investors and Equity Prices
By: Paul A. Gompers and A. Metrick
Gompers, Paul A., and A. Metrick. "Institutional Investors and Equity Prices." Quarterly Journal of Economics 116, no. 1 (February 2001).
- Web
Projects - Race, Gender & Equity
and retain one million Black Americans in careers over ten years, using a skills-first approach. Race, Gender & Equity Initiative faculty chair Robin J. Ely and faculty affiliate Boris Groysberg co-chair the OneTen partnership with... View Details
- Web
Videos - Advancing Racial Equity
best practices in teaching diversity, equity and inclusion at business schools. How HBR Engages Questions About Race How HBR Engages Questions About Race Amy Bernstein 07 Feb 2020 Harvard Business Review’s Amy Bernstein presents on her... View Details
- 2015
- Working Paper
Replicating Private Equity with Value Investing, Homemade Leverage, and Hold-to-Maturity Accounting
By: Erik Stafford
Private equity funds tend to select relatively small firms with low EBITDA multiples. Publicly traded equities with these characteristics have high risk-adjusted returns after controlling for common factors typically associated with value stocks. Hold-to-maturity... View Details
Keywords: Value Investing; Endowments; Investment Management; Asset Pricing; Private Equity; Investment; Management; United States
Stafford, Erik. "Replicating Private Equity with Value Investing, Homemade Leverage, and Hold-to-Maturity Accounting." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-081, January 2016.
- April 2016
- Technical Note
Estimating the Equity Risk Premium
By: Samuel Hanson, Robin Greenwood and David Biery
Hanson, Samuel, Robin Greenwood, and David Biery. "Estimating the Equity Risk Premium." Harvard Business School Technical Note 216-074, April 2016.
- 04 Aug 2017
- Working Paper Summaries
Private Equity and Financial Fragility During the Crisis
- October 2019
- Supplement
Granite Equity Compounding Returns Calculations
By: Victoria Ivashina and Terrence Shu
- 2001
- Working Paper
Limited Arbitrage in Equity Markets
By: Mark Mitchell, Todd Pulvino and Erik Stafford
Mitchell, Mark, Todd Pulvino, and Erik Stafford. "Limited Arbitrage in Equity Markets." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 01-069, April 2001.
- 14 Jan 2009
- News
Private equity year-end writedowns ahead
- 14 Jul 2023
- Video
BiGS Idea: Rethinking Health Equity
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Leaning In to Gender Equity
Sheryl Sandberg (MBA 1995) In Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead (Knopf), Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg (MBA 1995) recalls her first performance review with CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Stop trying to please everyone, he counseled. "If you do please everyone, you aren't... View Details
- Web
Events - Advancing Racial Equity
Laura Morgan Roberts Leading Race Work in Business Schools convened scholars from top business schools to identify ways in which business schools could lead the work of racial equity and inclusion through engagement with various learning... View Details
- April 2005
- Article
The Geography of Equity Analysis
By: Christopher J. Malloy
I provide evidence that geographically proximate analysts are more accurate than other analysts. Stock returns immediately surrounding forecast revisions suggest that local analysts impact prices more than other analysts. These effects are strongest for firms located... View Details
Keywords: Geographic Location; Stocks; Investment Return; Forecasting and Prediction; Price; Performance; Equity; Information; Prejudice and Bias; Agency Theory
Malloy, Christopher J. "The Geography of Equity Analysis." Journal of Finance 60, no. 2 (April 2005): 719–755. (Nominated for Smith Breeden Prize. Best Paper For the best finance research paper published in the Journal of Finance presented by Smith Breeden Associates, Inc.)
- 2024
- Working Paper
Long-run Returns to Impact Investing in Emerging Markets and Developing Economies
By: Shawn Cole, Martin Melecky, Florian Mölders and Tristan Reed
We provide the first evidence on the long-run returns to private equity in emerging and frontier markets using the cash flows from every equity investment made by the International Finance Corporation across 130 countries over 58 years. Risk-adjusted returns are... View Details
Keywords: Impact Investing; Investment; Emerging Markets; Developing Countries and Economies; Investment Return
Cole, Shawn, Martin Melecky, Florian Mölders, and Tristan Reed. "Long-Run Returns to Private Equity in Emerging Markets." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-138, June 2021. (Revised September 2024. NBER Working Paper Series, No. 27870, September 2024)
- 24 Jun 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
“An Unfair Advantage”? Combining Banking with Private Equity Investing
- November 2007
- Article
If Private Equity Sized Up Your Business
By: Robert C. Pozen
This article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. As the dust settles on the recent frenzy of private equity deals (including... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Capital Structure; Private Equity; Investment Return; Governing and Advisory Boards; Executive Compensation; Business and Shareholder Relations; Value Creation; Financial Services Industry
Pozen, Robert C. "If Private Equity Sized Up Your Business." Harvard Business Review 85, no. 11 (November 2007).