SSRN Harvard Business School: Entrepreneurial Management Unit Working Paper Series

1.

Corporate Governance and Equity Prices

Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 118, No. 1, pp. 107-155, February 2003

Number of pages: 67 Posted: 12 Sep 2001

Working Paper Series

Paul A. Gompers, Joy L. Ishii and Andrew Metrick

Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Stanford Graduate School of Business and Yale School of Management

There are 3 versions of this paper

Downloads 24,876

2.

Venture Capital and Private Equity: A Course Overview

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 23 Apr 1998

Working Paper Series

Josh Lerner

Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

Downloads 15,804

3.

Venture Capital and Private Equity: A Course Overview (2001 Update)

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 19 Aug 2001

Working Paper Series

Josh Lerner

Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

Downloads 4,793

4.

When Does Leadership Matter? The Contingent Opportunities View of CEO Leadership

Strategy Unit Working Paper No. 02-04; Harvard Business School Working Paper No. 01-063

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 13 Aug 2001

Working Paper Series

Noam Wasserman, Nitin Nohria and Bharat N. Anand

University of Southern California - Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, Harvard Business School and Harvard University - Strategy Unit

Downloads 4,406

5.

Opening Platforms: How, When and Why?

This paper has been published under the same title as Chapter 6 in Platforms, Markets & Innovation (ed. Gawer, 2009) pp 131-162, Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Working Paper No. 09-030

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 07 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 12 Jun 2014

Accepted Paper Series

Thomas R. Eisenmann, Geoffrey Parker and Marshall W. Van Alstyne

Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit, Dartmouth College and Boston University – Questrom School of Business

Downloads 3,886

6.

What Drives Venture Capital Fundraising?

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 08 Feb 1998

Working Paper Series

Paul A. Gompers and Josh Lerner

Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 3,866

7.

Boom and Bust in the Venture Capital Industry and the Impact on Innovation

Harvard NOM Working Paper No. 03-13

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 15 Jan 2003

Working Paper Series

Josh Lerner

Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

Downloads 3,625

8.

Extreme Governance: An Analysis of Dual-Class Companies in the United States

AFA 2005 Philadelphia Meetings, Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research Working Paper No. 12-04, Rock Center for Corporate Governance Working Paper No. 39

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 08 Jul 2004 Last Revised: 29 Sep 2009

Working Paper Series

Paul A. Gompers, Joy L. Ishii and Andrew Metrick

Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Stanford Graduate School of Business and Yale School of Management

Downloads 3,560

9.

Institutional Investors and Equity Prices

Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 116, No. 1, pp. 229-259, February 2001

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 01 Jun 1998

Accepted Paper Series

Paul A. Gompers and Andrew Metrick

Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and Yale School of Management

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 3,499

10.

Money Chasing Deals?: The Impact of Fund Inflows on Private Equity Valuations

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 08 Feb 1998

Working Paper Series

Paul A. Gompers and Josh Lerner

Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

Downloads 3,217

11.

Platform Envelopment

Forthcoming 2011, Strategic Management Journal, Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Working Paper No. 07-104

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 28 Jun 2007 Last Revised: 27 Aug 2013

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Thomas R. Eisenmann, Geoffrey Parker and Marshall W. Van Alstyne

Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit, Dartmouth College and Boston University – Questrom School of Business

Downloads 2,531

12.

What Is a Patent Worth? Evidence from the U.S. Patent 'Lottery'

USPTO Economic Working Paper 2015-5

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 17 Dec 2015 Last Revised: 15 Mar 2017

Working Paper Series

Joan Farre-Mensa, Deepak Hegde and Alexander Ljungqvist

Cornerstone Research, New York University (NYU) - Leonard N. Stern School of Business and New York University (NYU) - Department of Finance

There are 3 versions of this paper

Downloads 2,480

13.

Payout Policy

Ross School of Business Paper No. 1227

Number of pages: 119 Posted: 25 Feb 2014 Last Revised: 19 Nov 2016

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Joan Farre-Mensa, Roni Michaely and Martin C. Schmalz

Cornerstone Research, Cornell University - Cornell Tech NYC and University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business

There are 3 versions of this paper

Downloads 2,427

14.

Insider Trading Subsequent to Initial Public Offerings: Evidence from Expirations of Lock-Up Provisions

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 08 Feb 2000

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Alon Brav and Paul A. Gompers

Duke University - Fuqua School of Business and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

Downloads 2,361

15.

What Do Private Equity Firms Say They Do?

Harvard Business School Finance Working Paper No. 15-081, Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Working Paper No. 15-081

Number of pages: 66 Posted: 01 May 2015

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Paul A. Gompers, Steven N. Kaplan and Vladimir Mukharlyamov

Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Georgetown University - McDonough School of Business

There are 3 versions of this paper

Downloads 2,236

16.

The Determinants of Board Structure at the Initial Public Offering

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 24 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 22 Jan 2009

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Malcolm P. Baker and Paul A. Gompers

Harvard Business School and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 2,086

17.

Executive Ownership and Control in Newly Public Firms: The Role of Venture Capitalists

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 06 Jun 1999 Last Revised: 13 Jan 2009

Working Paper Series

Malcolm P. Baker and Paul A. Gompers

Harvard Business School and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

Downloads 1,943

18.

The Illiquidity Puzzle: Theory and Evidence from Private Equity

Harvard NOM Working Paper No. 02-24; MIT Sloan Working Paper No. 4378-02, HBS Finance Working Paper No. 03-038

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 20 Aug 2002

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Antoinette Schoar and Josh Lerner

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 1,835

19.

Financing Payouts

Ross School of Business Paper No. 1263

Number of pages: 80 Posted: 09 Dec 2014 Last Revised: 22 Feb 2018

Working Paper Series

Joan Farre-Mensa, Roni Michaely and Martin C. Schmalz

Cornerstone Research, Cornell University - Cornell Tech NYC and University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business

Downloads 1,725

20.

Does Venture Capital Spur Innovation?

Number of pages: 68 Posted: 29 Sep 1998

Working Paper Series

Samuel S. Kortum and Josh Lerner

University of Chicago - Department of Economics and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 1,630

21.

The Role of Venture Capitalists in the Acquisition of Private Companies

AFA 2008 New Orleans Meetings Paper

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 23 Feb 2007

Working Paper Series

Paul A. Gompers and Yuhai Xuan

Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance

Downloads 1,621

22.

The Benefits of Selective Disclosure: Evidence from Private Firms

Harvard Business School Working Papers

Number of pages: 75 Posted: 06 Dec 2010 Last Revised: 22 Mar 2017

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Joan Farre-Mensa

Cornerstone Research

Downloads 1,610

23.

The Simple Economics of Open Source

HBS Finance Working Paper No. 00-059

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 27 Apr 2000

Working Paper Series

Jean Tirole and Josh Lerner

University of Toulouse 1 - Industrial Economic Institute (IDEI) and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 1,605

24.

Combining Banking with Private Equity Investing

AFA 2011 Denver Meetings Paper, Harvard Business School Finance Working Paper No. 10-106, Review of Financial Studies, 26 (9), 2137-2173, 2013

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 18 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 15 Feb 2018

Accepted Paper Series

Lily H. Fang, Victoria Ivashina and Josh Lerner

INSEAD - Finance, Harvard University and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

Downloads 1,536

25.

Conflict of Interest and Reputation in the Issuance of Public Securities: Evidence from Venture Capital

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 08 Feb 1998

Working Paper Series

Paul A. Gompers and Josh Lerner

Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 1,511

26.

Private Equity and Industry Performance

Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Working Paper No. 10-045, AFA 2011 Denver Meetings Paper

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 18 Dec 2009 Last Revised: 29 Aug 2011

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Shai Bernstein, Josh Lerner, Morten Sorensen and Per Strömberg

Stanford Graduate School of Business, Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Copenhagen Business School and Swedish House of Finance

There are 3 versions of this paper

Downloads 1,465

27.

Private Equity and Long-Run Investment: The Case of Innovation

EFA 2009 Bergen Meetings Paper

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 17 Feb 2008 Last Revised: 25 Oct 2014

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Morten Sorensen, Per Strömberg and Josh Lerner

Copenhagen Business School, Swedish House of Finance and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

There are 3 versions of this paper

Downloads 1,427

28.

Financing Innovation

Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Working Paper No. 15-034

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 06 Nov 2014

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William R. Kerr and Ramana Nanda

Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit

There are 3 versions of this paper

Downloads 1,364

29.

The Economics of Technology Sharing: Open Source and Beyond

Harvard NOM Working Paper No. 04-35

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 17 Nov 2004

Working Paper Series

Jean Tirole and Josh Lerner

University of Toulouse 1 - Industrial Economic Institute (IDEI) and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 1,352

30.

Large Blocks of Stock: Prevalence, Size, and Measurement

Journal of Corporate Finance, pp. 594-618, June 2006

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 19 Jul 2004

Accepted Paper Series

Jennifer Dlugosz, Rüdiger Fahlenbrach, Paul A. Gompers and Andrew Metrick

Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and Yale School of Management

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 1,302

31.

Institutions, Capital Constraints and Entrepreneurial Firm Dynamics: Evidence from Europe

Harvard NOM Working Paper No. 03-59

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 12 Jan 2004

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Mihir A. Desai, Paul A. Gompers and Josh Lerner

Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 1,235

32.

Syndication Networks and the Spatial Distribution of Venture Capital Investments

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 11 Apr 2000

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Olav Sorenson and Toby Stuart

Yale School of Management and University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business

Downloads 1,211

33.

Smart Institutions, Foolish Choices?: The Limited Partner Performance Puzzle

MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 4523-05, AFA 2006 Boston Meetings Paper

Number of pages: 66 Posted: 31 Jan 2005

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Antoinette Schoar, Wan Wongsunwai and Josh Lerner

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 1,167

34.

Entrepreneurship and Urban Success: Toward a Policy Consensus

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 28 Feb 2008 Last Revised: 28 Sep 2014

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Zoltan J. Acs, Edward L. Glaeser, Robert E. Litan, Lee Fleming, Stephan J. Goetz, William R. Kerr, Steven Klepper, Stuart S. Rosenthal, Olav Sorenson and William C. Strange

Schar School of Policy and Government, Harvard University - Department of Economics, Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) - Council on Foreign Relations- Washington D.C., Harvard University - Technology & Operations Management Unit, Pennsylvania State University - The Northeastern Regional Center for Rural Development, Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit, Carnegie Mellon University - David A. Tepper School of Business, Syracuse University - Department of Economics, Yale School of Management and University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management

Downloads 1,098

35.

Efficient Patent Pools

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 25 Sep 2002

Working Paper Series

Jean Tirole and Josh Lerner

University of Toulouse 1 - Industrial Economic Institute (IDEI) and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 1,074

36.

Network Effects in the Governance of Strategic Alliances in Biotechnology

EFA 0489

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 16 Mar 2000

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David T. Robinson and Toby Stuart

Fuqua School of Business, Duke University and University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business

Downloads 1,069

37.

The Government as Venture Capitalist: The Long-Run Impact of the Sbir Program

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 25 Nov 1996

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Josh Lerner

Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

There are 3 versions of this paper

Downloads 1,055

38.

Who Underreacts to Cash-Flow News? Evidence from Trading between Individuals and Institutions

HBS Finance Working Paper No. 01-085

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 25 May 2001

Accepted Paper Series

Randolph B. Cohen, Paul A. Gompers and Tuomo Vuolteenaho

Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and Arrowstreet Capital, LP

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 1,054

39.

Financing Constraints and Entrepreneurship

Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Working Paper No. 10-013

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 20 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 13 Jan 2015

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William R. Kerr and Ramana Nanda

Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 1,048

40.

Transaction Structures in the Developing World: Evidence from Private Equity

MIT Sloan Working Paper No. 4468-04

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 01 Mar 2004

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Antoinette Schoar and Josh Lerner

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 979

41.

Founder-Ceo Succession and the Paradox of Entrepreneurial Success

Harvard NOM Research Paper No. 01-02

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 13 Apr 2001

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Noam Wasserman

University of Southern California - Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies

Downloads 954

42.

Financial Contracting in Biotech Strategic Alliances

Columbia University Working Paper

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 02 Oct 2002

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David T. Robinson and Toby Stuart

Fuqua School of Business, Duke University and University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business

Downloads 845

43.

Did Microsoft Deter Software Innovation?

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 28 May 2001

Working Paper Series

Josh Lerner

Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

Downloads 832

44.

The American CEO in the Twentieth Century: Demography and Career Path

Harvard NOM Working Paper No. 03-21; Harvard Business School Working Paper No. 03-097

Number of pages: 76 Posted: 26 Feb 2003

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Richard S. Tedlow, Courtney Purrington and Kim Eric Bettcher

Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit, Harvard Business School and Center for International Private Enterprise

Downloads 786

45.

Venture Capital Investment in the Clean Energy Sector

Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Working Paper No. 11-020

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 02 Sep 2010

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Shikhar Ghosh and Ramana Nanda

Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit

Downloads 778

46.

The Accidental Entrepreneur: The Emergent and Collective Process of User Entrepreneurship

Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Vol. 1, pp. 123-140, Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Working Paper No. 04-054

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 02 Nov 2007 Last Revised: 03 Sep 2013

Working Paper Series

Sonali K. Shah and Mary Tripsas

University of Washington and Boston College

Downloads 759

47.

Cooperative Marketing Agreements between Competitors: Evidence from Patent Pools

Harvard NOM Working Paper No. 03-25

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 02 May 2003

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Marcin Strojwas, Jean Tirole and Josh Lerner

Harvard Business School, University of Toulouse 1 - Industrial Economic Institute (IDEI) and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 736

48.

Workplace Peers and Entrepreneurship

Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Working Paper No. 08-051

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 17 Jan 2008 Last Revised: 13 Mar 2010

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Ramana Nanda and Jesper Sorensen

Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit and Stanford Graduate School of Business

Downloads 699

49.

Cost of Experimentation and the Evolution of Venture Capital

Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Working Paper No. 15-070, The Journal of Financial Economics (Forthcoming)

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 03 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 21 Mar 2017

Accepted Paper Series

Michael Ewens, Ramana Nanda and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf

California Institute of Technology - Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit and Harvard Business School - Entrepreneurial Management Unit

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 684

50.

The Rules of Standard Setting Organizations: An Empirical Analysis

Harvard NOM Working Paper No. 05-05

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 09 Feb 2005

Working Paper Series

Benjamin Chiao, Jean Tirole and Josh Lerner

Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, University of Toulouse 1 - Industrial Economic Institute (IDEI) and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

There are 4 versions of this paper

Downloads 676