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Research - Race, Gender & Equity

Faculty & Research Research January 2025 Teaching Material Understanding and Addressing Gender Gaps By: Katherine Coffman This module provides a framework for students to analyze how gender stereotypes, through their impact on beliefs about others and beliefs about... View Details

2015
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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

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Institutional Investors and Equity Prices

By: Paul A. Gompers and A. Metrick

Keywords: Investment; Equity; Price

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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

06 May 2021
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Expert Panel: Understanding Liquid Private Equity Investment Strategies

April 2006 (Revised April 2012)
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The Role of Private Equity Firms in Merger and Acquisition Transactions

By: William E. Fruhan Jr.

Explores the importance of private equity firms in merger and acquisitions activity around the globe. In many countries, these firms now account for one quarter of the total merger and acquisition activity of all firms. The larger private equity firms generate fees for... View Details

Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Mergers and Acquisitions; Private Equity; Investment Funds; Value Creation

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April 2005
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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

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2018
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Blackwomenomics: Equity in Leadership Advancement of Modern Black Women

23 Sep 2020
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Harvard Business School Launches Action Plan for Racial Equity

November 2007
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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

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01 Sep 2017
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Is Private Equity Blockchain’s Killer App?

like your Facebook page. And like Facebook, access to blockchain ledgers can vary: A new profile photo might be accessible to everyone in your social network, while you might grant only your family the ability to see a picture of your kid’s birthday party. Applied to a... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell