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The Disintermediation of Financial Markets: Direct Investing in Private Equity

By: Lily Fang, Victoria Ivashina and Josh Lerner
We examine twenty years of direct private equity investments by seven large institutions. These direct investments perform better than public market indices, especially buyout investments and those made in the 1990s. Outperformance by the direct investments, however,... View Details
Keywords: Financial Intermediation; Direct Investment; Co-investment; Private Equity; Entrepreneurship; Financial Markets
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  • November 1998 (Revised July 1999)
  • Background Note

Business as Stakeholder in Public Education: A History of Business Efforts to Improve Public Schools in the United States

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter
Explores seven roles businesses and business leaders have played with respect to U.S. public education reform historically and today: "owners" helping set the agenda; "investors" donating funds; "customers" hiring graduates; "experts" contributing management know-how;... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Education; Performance Improvement; Business and Community Relations; United States
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  • 23 May 2023
  • Cold Call Podcast

The Entrepreneurial Journey of China’s First Private Mental Health Hospital

Keywords: Re: William C. Kirby; Education

    Consumers, Corporations and Public Health (Oxford University Press, 2016)

    The public health footprint associated with corporate behavior has come under increased scrutiny in the last decade, with an increased expectation that private profit not come at the expense of consumer welfare.

    Consumers, Corporations, and Public... View Details
    • 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
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    • 13 Jul 2009
    • Research & Ideas

    Diagnosing the Public Health Care Alternative

    U.S. Senator) Tom Coburn (R-OK) argue against a government-run public market for health insurance. Reform must include incentives for entrepreneurship and innovation, which only a private market could... View Details
    Keywords: by Staff; Health
    • 20 Feb 2019
    • Research & Ideas

    Rocket-tunity: Can Private Firms Turn a Profit in Space?

    to launch the first private mission to land on the moon, using a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The mission will use a lander to study the moon’s magnetic field. “One could imagine a trip like this becoming not exactly a rite of passage, but a... View Details
    Keywords: by Scott Wallask; Aerospace; Tourism; Transportation
    • 2015
    • Working Paper

    The Integrity of Private Third-party Compliance Monitoring

    By: Jodi L. Short and Michael W. Toffel
    Government agencies are increasingly turning to private, third-party monitors to inspect and assess regulated entities’ compliance with law. The integrity of these regulatory regimes rests on the validity of the information third-party monitors provide to regulators.... View Details
    Keywords: Regulation; Compliance; Compliance Policies; Conflict Of Interest; Independent Third Party; Inspection; Audit Quality; Auditor; Audit; Environment; Production; Supply Chain; Quality; Government Administration; Working Conditions; Safety; Labor; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Governance Compliance; Public Administration Industry; Public Administration Industry; Public Administration Industry; Public Administration Industry; United States
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    • 1978
    • Article

    An Incentive Compatible Planning Procedure for Public Good Production

    By: Jerry R. Green and Jean-Jacques Laffont
    It is only recently that economic theorists have faced the fact that the proposed allocation mechanisms in economies with public goods might have bad incentive properties. In this paper we introduce a new planning procedure such that truthful revelation of the marginal... View Details
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    • December 2001 (Revised February 2004)
    • Case

    Aviation Security after September 11th: Public or Private?

    Was the public or the private sector best positioned to provide security and baggage screening services? The suicide attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and the plane crash outside Pittsburgh, marked September 11, 2001, as the date of the most severe... View Details
    Keywords: Private Ownership; National Security; Air Transportation; State Ownership; Air Transportation Industry; United States
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    • 13 Sep 2012
    • Research & Ideas

    Why Public Companies Underinvest in the Future

    Financial data on US companies is easy to come by—if they are listed on the stock market. More than 99 percent of them are not, presenting a challenge for researchers intent on studying how privately held firms operate. “It seemed natural... View Details
    Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
    • 10 Oct 2019
    • News

    The Case for the Public Option Over Medicare for All

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    HBS Course: Private Equity Finance

    target="_blank">LSEG Workspace PE data includes investments, portfolio company and firm profiles, exits and fundraising information. Generous data download limit. Capital IQ Data on PE transactions, public and View Details
    • 2007
    • Book

    Global Accountabilities: Participation, Pluralism, and Public Ethics

    By: Alnoor Ebrahim and Edward Weisband
    This edited volume contributes analytical depth to the diverse debates on accountability in modern organizations. It explores the nature, forms and impacts of accountability efforts in civil society organizations, public and inter-governmental agencies, and private... View Details
    Keywords: Ethics; Globalized Firms and Management; Corporate Accountability; Business and Government Relations
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    • 2019
    • Working Paper

    Does Public Ownership and Accountability Increase Diversity? Evidence from IPOs

    By: Rembrand Koning and John-Paul Ferguson
    Does public ownership improve employment diversity? Organizational researchers theorize that increased transparency to regulators and the public should lead firms to conform to legal and social norms—but that social closure and decoupling should preserve the status... View Details
    Keywords: IPO; Initial Public Offering; Employees; Diversity; Gender; Race; Entrepreneurship; United States
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    • June 2012
    • Article

    Reality versus Propaganda in the Formation of Beliefs about Privatization

    By: Rafael Di Tella, Sebastian Galiani and Ernesto Schargrodsky
    Argentina privatized most public utilities during the 1990s but re-nationalized the main water company in 2006. We study beliefs about the benefits of the privatization of water services amongst low- and middle-income groups immediately after the 2006 nationalization.... View Details
    Keywords: Privatization; Business and Community Relations; Household; Government and Politics; Business and Government Relations; Public Ownership; Utilities Industry; Argentina
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    • 15 Nov 2018
    • Book

    Can the Global Food Industry Overcome Public Distrust?

    JamesBrey Food is the largest segment of the global economy. It is also widely recognized as more critical for human health than any pharmaceutical drug on the planet. But significant changes in the industry are making people lose trust in many institutions involved in... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Agriculture & Agribusiness
    • March 2008
    • Supplement

    Patel Food and Chemicals Private Limited (C)

    By: Felda Hardymon and Ann Leamon
    Alok Patel, the founder and chairman of a Gujarat-based, privately held edible oils processor, is considering long-term liquidity opportunities for the company and its investors. He could list the company on one of the Indian exchanges, opt for a trade sale, or acquire... View Details
    Keywords: Financial Liquidity; Financial Management; Mergers and Acquisitions; Going Public; Opportunities; Chemical Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Gujarat
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    • January 2009
    • Case

    Xi'an International University: The Growth of Private Universities in China

    By: William C. Kirby, Michael Shih-ta Chen, Keith Chi-ho Wong and Tracy Manty
    Huang Teng founded Xi'an International University (XAIU) as a private institute of higher education in 1992. Throughout its ensuing years, the school filled a niche and met the demand of students who did not test into one of China's public institutions. In 2008, it was... View Details
    Keywords: Higher Education; Growth and Development Strategy; Private Ownership; Expansion; Education Industry; China
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    • Program

    Foundations of Private Equity and Venture Capital

    knowledge of industry processes and terminology Assess the implications of different deal structures and terms Establish a successful private equity/venture capital partnership structure Expand your personal... View Details
    Keywords: Finance; Finance