Paul A. Gompers

Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

Professor of Business Administration and Director of Research

Boston, MA 02163

United States

Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit

Eugene Holman Professor of Business Administration; Director of Research

Cambridge, MA 02163

United States

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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1.

Corporate Governance and Equity Prices

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Citation 937

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
Paul A. Gompers, Joy L. Ishii and Andrew Metrick
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Stanford Graduate School of Business and Yale School of Management
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Corporate governance, shareholder rights, investor protection, agency problems, entrenched management, hostile takeovers, poison pills, golden parachutes, greenmail

Corporate Governance and Equity Prices

NBER Working Paper No. w8449
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 26 Aug 2001 Last Revised: 04 Aug 2022
Paul A. Gompers, Joy L. Ishii and Andrew Metrick
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Stanford Graduate School of Business and Yale School of Management
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Corporate Governance and Equity Prices

Posted: 13 Feb 2003
Paul A. Gompers, Joy L. Ishii and Andrew Metrick
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Stanford Graduate School of Business and Yale School of Management

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Corporate Governance, Shareholder Rights, Investor Protection, Agency Problems, Entrenched Management, Hostile Takeovers, Poison Pills, Golden Parachutes, Greenmail

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How Do Venture Capitalists Make Decisions?

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Citation 69

How Do Venture Capitalists Make Decisions?

Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 16-33, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Finance Working Paper No. 477/2016
Number of pages: 95 Posted: 29 Jun 2016 Last Revised: 21 Sep 2022
Paul A. Gompers, Will Gornall, Steven N. Kaplan and Ilya A. Strebulaev
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, University of British Columbia (UBC) - Division of Finance, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Stanford University - Graduate School of Business
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venture capital, entrepreneurship

How Do Venture Capitalists Make Decisions?

NBER Working Paper No. w22587
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 07 Sep 2016 Last Revised: 20 Mar 2023
Paul A. Gompers, Will Gornall, Steven N. Kaplan and Ilya A. Strebulaev
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, University of British Columbia (UBC) - Division of Finance, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Stanford University - Graduate School of Business
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What Do Private Equity Firms Say They Do?

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Citation 32

What Do Private Equity Firms Say They Do?

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Vol. 121, No. 3, 2016
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 11 Jun 2014 Last Revised: 10 May 2017
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
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private equity, valuation, capital structure, value creation

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
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
Downloads 2,848 (9,696)
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What Do Private Equity Firms Say They Do?

NBER Working Paper No. w21133
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 04 May 2015 Last Revised: 31 Mar 2023
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
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Skill vs. Luck in Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital: Evidence from Serial Entrepreneurs

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Citation 14

Skill vs. Luck in Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital: Evidence from Serial Entrepreneurs

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 02 Oct 2006
Paul A. Gompers, Anna Kovner, Josh Lerner and David S. Scharfstein
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit
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new ventures, entrepreneurs

Skill vs. Luck in Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital: Evidence from Serial Entrepreneurs

NBER Working Paper No. w12592
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 20 Oct 2006 Last Revised: 28 Nov 2022
Paul A. Gompers, Anna Kovner, Josh Lerner and David S. Scharfstein
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit
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What Drives Venture Capital Fundraising?

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Citation 71

What Drives Venture Capital Fundraising?

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 08 Feb 1998
Paul A. Gompers and Josh Lerner
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit
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What Drives Venture Capital Fundraising?

NBER Working Paper No. w6906
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 10 Jun 2000 Last Revised: 13 Feb 2023
Paul A. Gompers and Josh Lerner
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit
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Citation 32

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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
Paul A. Gompers, Joy L. Ishii and Andrew Metrick
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Stanford Graduate School of Business and Yale School of Management
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Institutional Investors and Equity Prices

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Citation 206

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
Paul A. Gompers and Andrew Metrick
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and Yale School of Management
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Institutional Investors and Equity Prices

NBER Working Paper No. w6723
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 15 Aug 2000 Last Revised: 16 Nov 2022
Paul A. Gompers and Andrew Metrick
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and Yale School of Management
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Venture Capitalists and COVID-19

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Citation 13

Venture Capitalists and COVID-19

conditionally accepted at Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 13 Aug 2020 Last Revised: 28 Aug 2021
Paul A. Gompers, Will Gornall, Steven N. Kaplan and Ilya A. Strebulaev
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, University of British Columbia (UBC) - Division of Finance, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Stanford University - Graduate School of Business
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venture capital, entrepreneurship, COVID-19, coronavirus, pandemic

Venture Capitalists and COVID-19

University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2020-135
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 23 Sep 2020
Paul A. Gompers, Will Gornall, Steven N. Kaplan and Ilya A. Strebulaev
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, University of British Columbia (UBC) - Division of Finance, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Stanford University - Graduate School of Business
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Venture Capitalists and Covid-19

NBER Working Paper No. w27824
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 21 Sep 2020 Last Revised: 17 Jul 2023
Paul A. Gompers, Will Gornall, Steven N. Kaplan and Ilya A. Strebulaev
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, University of British Columbia (UBC) - Division of Finance, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Stanford University - Graduate School of Business
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Money Chasing Deals?: The Impact of Fund Inflows on Private Equity Valuations

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 08 Feb 1998
Paul A. Gompers and Josh Lerner
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit
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Citation 103

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

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 08 Feb 2000
Alon Brav and Paul A. Gompers
Duke University - Fuqua School of Business and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit
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Citation 29

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The Determinants of Board Structure at the Initial Public Offering

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Citation 74

The Determinants of Board Structure at the Initial Public Offering

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 24 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 22 Jan 2009
Malcolm P. Baker and Paul A. Gompers
Harvard Business School and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit
Downloads 2,357 (13,151)
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The Determinants of Board Structure at the Initial Public Offering

Journal of Law and Economics, Vol. 46, No. 2, pp. 569-598, October 2003
Posted: 12 Oct 2004 Last Revised: 22 Jan 2009
Malcolm P. Baker and Paul A. Gompers
Harvard Business School and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

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Corporate Governance, Board of Directors, IPO, Venture Capital

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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
Malcolm P. Baker and Paul A. Gompers
Harvard Business School and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit
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Large Blocks of Stock: Prevalence, Size, and Measurement

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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
Jennifer Dlugosz, Rüdiger Fahlenbrach, Paul A. Gompers and Andrew Metrick
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and Yale School of Management
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Corporate governance, large shareholders, ownership

Large Blocks of Stock: Prevalence, Size, and Measurement

NBER Working Paper No. w10671
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 02 Sep 2004 Last Revised: 29 Aug 2022
Jennifer Dlugosz, Rüdiger Fahlenbrach, Paul A. Gompers and Andrew Metrick
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and Yale School of Management
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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
Paul A. Gompers and Yuhai Xuan
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and University of California, Irvine - Paul Merage School of Business
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Venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, private companies

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Gender Gaps in Venture Capital Performance

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 04 Jun 2014 Last Revised: 02 Sep 2020
Paul A. Gompers, Vladimir Mukharlyamov, Emily Weisburst and Yuhai Xuan
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Georgetown University - McDonough School of Business, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Luskin School of Public Affairs and University of California, Irvine - Paul Merage School of Business
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Conflict of Interest and Reputation in the Issuance of Public Securities: Evidence from Venture Capital

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

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 08 Feb 1998
Paul A. Gompers and Josh Lerner
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit
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Conflict of Interest and Reputation in the Issuance of Public Securities: Evidence from Venture Capital

Journal of Law and Economics, April 1999
Posted: 08 Oct 1999
Paul A. Gompers and Josh Lerner
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

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Private Equity and COVID-19

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Private Equity and COVID-19

Georgetown McDonough School of Business Research Paper No. 3694159
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 20 Sep 2020
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
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private equity, COVID-19, pandemic, performance, value creation, capital structure

Private Equity and Covid-19

NBER Working Paper No. w27889
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 07 Oct 2020 Last Revised: 17 Jul 2023
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
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Citation 15

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

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

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 12 Jan 2004
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
Downloads 1,398 (29,716)
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Entrepreneurship, Institutions, Capital Constraints, Firm Size Distributions, Entry, Exit, Legal Regimes

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

NBER Working Paper No. w10165
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 18 Dec 2003 Last Revised: 12 Oct 2022
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
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More than Money: Venture Capitalists on Boards

The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization (2019)
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 30 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 04 Aug 2022
Natee Amornsiripanitch, Paul A. Gompers and Yuhai Xuan
Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and University of California, Irvine - Paul Merage School of Business
Downloads 1,465 (28,250)
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Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance, Venture Capital, Private Equity, Econometrics

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Diversity and Performance in Entrepreneurial Teams

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Diversity and Performance in Entrepreneurial Teams

Jacobs Levy Equity Management Center for Quantitative Financial Research Paper
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 21 Aug 2021 Last Revised: 01 Oct 2024
Sophie Calder-Wang, Paul A. Gompers and Kanyuan (Kevin) Huang
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School, Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
Downloads 1,319 (32,354)

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Diversity, Gender, Minorities, Entrepreneurship

Diversity and Performance in Entrepreneurial Teams

NBER Working Paper No. w28684
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 19 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 18 May 2023
Sophie Calder-Wang, Paul A. Gompers and Kanyuan (Kevin) Huang
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School, Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
Downloads 125 (482,840)
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Who Underreacts to Cash-Flow News? Evidence from Trading between Individuals and Institutions

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Citation 53

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
Randolph B. Cohen, Paul A. Gompers and Tuomo Vuolteenaho
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and Arrowstreet Capital, LP
Downloads 1,159 (39,210)
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Underreaction, Overreaction, Cash-flow news, Expected returns, Individuals, Institutions, Trading

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

NBER Working Paper No. w8793
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 14 Feb 2002 Last Revised: 13 Jul 2022
Randolph B. Cohen, Paul A. Gompers and Tuomo Vuolteenaho
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and Arrowstreet Capital, LP
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The Market for CEOs: Evidence from Private Equity

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The Market for CEOs: Evidence from Private Equity

Georgetown McDonough School of Business Research Paper No. 4161173
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 22 Jul 2022
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
Downloads 759 (70,354)
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CEO turnover, CEO compensation, private equity, corporate governance

The Market for CEOs: Evidence from Private Equity

University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2023-13, Georgetown McDonough School of Business Research Paper No. 4342896, HKU Jockey Club Enterprise Sustainability Global Research Institute - Archive
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 31 Jan 2023
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
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The Market for CEOS: Evidence from Private Equity

NBER Working Paper No. w30899
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 30 Jan 2023 Last Revised: 05 Jun 2023
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
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Buy Local? The Geography of Successful and Unsuccessful Venture Capital Expansion

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

Harvard Business School Finance Working Paper No. 1420371
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 16 Jun 2009
Henry Chen, Paul A. Gompers, Anna Kovner and Josh Lerner
Harvard University - Business School (HBS), Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit
Downloads 868 (58,861)
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entrepreneurship, private equity, regional location

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

NBER Working Paper No. w15102
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 30 Jun 2009 Last Revised: 08 Apr 2023
Henry Chen, Paul A. Gompers, Anna Kovner and Josh Lerner
Harvard University - Business School (HBS), Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit
Downloads 115 (515,681)

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Entrepreneurial Spawning: Public Corporations and the Genesis of New Ventures, 1986-1999

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Entrepreneurial Spawning: Public Corporations and the Genesis of New Ventures, 1986-1999

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 21 Jun 2003
Paul A. Gompers, David S. Scharfstein and Josh Lerner
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit
Downloads 716 (76,056)

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Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship, Start-up

Entrepreneurial Spawning: Public Corporations and the Genesis of New Ventures, 1986-1999

NBER Working Paper No. w9816
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 05 Jul 2003 Last Revised: 29 Oct 2022
Paul A. Gompers, David S. Scharfstein and Josh Lerner
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit
Downloads 190 (337,339)
Citation 39

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Bridge Building in Venture Capital-Backed Acquisitions

AFA 2009 San Francisco Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 07 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 16 Mar 2009
Paul A. Gompers and Yuhai Xuan
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and University of California, Irvine - Paul Merage School of Business
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Citation 30

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Venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, private companies

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And the Children Shall Lead: Gender Diversity and Performance in Venture Capital

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And the Children Shall Lead: Gender Diversity and Performance in Venture Capital

Harvard Business School Finance Working Paper No. 17-103, Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Working Paper No. 17-103, Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Vol. 142, No. 1, 2021
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 24 May 2017 Last Revised: 07 Sep 2021
Sophie Calder-Wang and Paul A. Gompers
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit
Downloads 656 (85,021)
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And the Children Shall Lead: Gender Diversity and Performance in Venture Capital

NBER Working Paper No. w23454
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 30 May 2017 Last Revised: 17 Jul 2023
Paul A. Gompers and Sophie Calder-Wang
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School
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The Equity in Equity Issuances

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 13 Nov 1998
Alon Brav, Christopher Geczy and Paul A. Gompers
Duke University - Fuqua School of Business, University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School, Finance Department and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit
Downloads 745 (73,247)
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The Really Long-Run Performance of Initial Public Offerings: The Pre-Nasdaq Evidence

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 12 Sep 2001
Paul A. Gompers and Josh Lerner
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit
Downloads 718 (76,952)
Citation 1

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The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Successes: Organizational Structure, Incentives, and Complementarities

NBER Working Paper No. w6725
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 26 Sep 1998 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2022
Paul A. Gompers and Josh Lerner
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit
Downloads 631 (90,830)
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Venture Capital Investment Cycles: The Impact of Public Markets

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Citation 68

Venture Capital Investment Cycles: The Impact of Public Markets

NBER Working Paper No. w11385
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 04 Jul 2005 Last Revised: 12 Aug 2022
Paul A. Gompers, Anna Kovner, Josh Lerner and David S. Scharfstein
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit
Downloads 327 (195,798)
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Venture Capital Investment Cycles: The Impact of Public Markets

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 21 Oct 2019
Paul A. Gompers, Anna Kovner, Josh Lerner and David S. Scharfstein
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit
Downloads 238 (271,606)
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private equity, initial public offerings, market rationality

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The Cost of Friendship

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Citation 90

The Cost of Friendship

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 18 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 04 Dec 2014
Paul A. Gompers, Vladimir Mukharlyamov and Yuhai Xuan
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Georgetown University - McDonough School of Business and University of California, Irvine - Paul Merage School of Business
Downloads 340 (187,115)
Citation 1

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The Cost of Friendship

NBER Working Paper No. w18141
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 16 Jun 2012 Last Revised: 17 Jul 2023
Paul A. Gompers, Vladimir Mukharlyamov and Yuhai Xuan
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Georgetown University - McDonough School of Business and University of California, Irvine - Paul Merage School of Business
Downloads 179 (356,338)
Citation 89

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Venture Capital's 'Me Too' Moment

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Venture Capital's 'Me Too' Moment

Jacobs Levy Equity Management Center for Quantitative Financial Research Paper , NBER Working Paper No. w28679
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 18 Aug 2021 Last Revised: 17 Feb 2023
Sophie Calder-Wang, Paul A. Gompers and Patrick Sweeney
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School, Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)
Downloads 273 (236,521)

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venture capital, gender diversity, discrimination

Venture Capital’s 'Me Too' Moment

Jacobs Levy Equity Management Center for Quantitative Financial Research Paper
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 17 Aug 2021 Last Revised: 17 Feb 2023
Sophie Calder-Wang, Paul A. Gompers and Patrick Sweeney
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School, Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)
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G02, G24, G30, L14, L20

Venture Capital's “Me Too” Moment

NBER Working Paper No. w28679
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 12 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 13 May 2023
Sophie Calder-Wang, Paul A. Gompers and Patrick Sweeney
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School, Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)
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Homophily in Entrepreneurial Team Formation

Downloads 366 (174,056)

Homophily in Entrepreneurial Team Formation

Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Working Paper No. 17-104, Harvard Business School Finance Working Paper No. 17-104
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 24 May 2017
Paul A. Gompers, Kevin Huang and Sophie Calder-Wang
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Harvard Business School and University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School
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Homophily in Entrepreneurial Team Formation

NBER Working Paper No. w23459
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 30 May 2017 Last Revised: 06 Feb 2022
Paul A. Gompers, Kevin Huang and Sophie Calder-Wang
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Harvard Business School and University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School
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Incentives vs. Control: An Analysis of U.S. Dual-Class Companies

NBER Working Paper No. w10240
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 30 Jan 2004 Last Revised: 01 Nov 2023
Paul A. Gompers, Joy L. Ishii and Andrew Metrick
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Stanford Graduate School of Business and Yale School of Management
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Diversity in Innovation

NBER Working Paper No. w23082
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 23 Jan 2017 Last Revised: 26 Jan 2023
Paul A. Gompers and Sophie Calder-Wang
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School
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Getting Schooled: The Role of Universities in Attracting Immigrant Entrepreneurs

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Getting Schooled: The Role of Universities in Attracting Immigrant Entrepreneurs

Number of pages: 90 Posted: 05 May 2021 Last Revised: 24 Jan 2023
Natee Amornsiripanitch, Paul A. Gompers, George Hu and Kaushik Vasudevan
Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Harvard University and Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr School of Business, Purdue University
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Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, Immigration, Education

Getting Schooled: The Role of Universities in Attracting Immigrant Entrepreneurs

NBER Working Paper No. w28773
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 10 May 2021 Last Revised: 13 Feb 2022
Natee Amornsiripanitch, Paul A. Gompers, George Hu and Kaushik Vasudevan
Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Harvard University and Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr School of Business, Purdue University
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Diversity in Venture Capital

The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Private Equity, 2023, HKU Jockey Club Enterprise Sustainability Global Research Institute - Archive
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 27 Apr 2023 Last Revised: 13 Jan 2025
Sophie Calder-Wang, Paul A. Gompers, Kanyuan (Kevin) Huang and William Levinson
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School, Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)
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Diversity, Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship

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Failing Just Fine: Assessing Careers of Venture Capital-backed Entrepreneurs via a Non-Wage Measure

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Failing Just Fine: Assessing Careers of Venture Capital-backed Entrepreneurs via a Non-Wage Measure

Georgetown McDonough School of Business Research Paper No. 4145818
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 11 Jul 2022 Last Revised: 23 Jan 2023
Natee Amornsiripanitch, Paul A. Gompers, George Hu, William Levinson and Vladimir Mukharlyamov
Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Harvard University, Harvard University - Business School (HBS) and Georgetown University - McDonough School of Business
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Career progression, Entrepreneurship, Venture capital

Failing Just Fine: Assessing Careers of Venture Capital-Backed Entrepreneurs Via a Non-Wage Measure

NBER Working Paper No. w30179
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 27 Jun 2022 Last Revised: 18 Jun 2023
Natee Amornsiripanitch, Paul A. Gompers, George Hu, William Levinson and Vladimir Mukharlyamov
Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Business School (HBS) and Georgetown University - McDonough School of Business
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The Really Long-Run Performance of Initial Public Offerings: The Pre-Nasdaq Evidence

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The Really Long-Run Performance of Initial Public Offerings: The Pre-Nasdaq Evidence

NBER Working Paper No. w8505
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 29 Sep 2001 Last Revised: 29 Sep 2022
Paul A. Gompers and Josh Lerner
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit
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The Really Long-Run Performance of Initial Public Offerings: The Pre-Nasdaq Evidence

Posted: 28 Nov 2003
Paul A. Gompers and Josh Lerner
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

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

NBER Working Paper No. w6847
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 05 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 18 Sep 2022
Paul A. Gompers and Josh Lerner
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit
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Transferable Skills? Founders as Venture Capitalists

NBER Working Paper No. w29907
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 04 Apr 2022 Last Revised: 14 Apr 2023
Paul A. Gompers and Vladimir Mukharlyamov
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and Georgetown University - McDonough School of Business
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Failing Just Fine: Assessing Careers of Venture Capital-Backed Entrepreneurs Via a Non-Wage Measure

FRB of Philadelphia Working Paper No. 23-17
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 30 Aug 2023
Natee Amornsiripanitch, Paul A. Gompers, George Hu, Will Levinson and Vladimir Mukharlyamov
Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard Business School and Georgetown University
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career progression, entrepreneurship, venture capital

43.

No Revenge for Nerds? Evaluating the Careers of Ivy League Athletes

NBER Working Paper No. w31753
Number of pages: 94 Posted: 09 Oct 2023
Natee Amornsiripanitch, Paul A. Gompers, George Hu, Will Levinson and Vladimir Mukharlyamov
Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Harvard University - Department of Economics, Duke University and Georgetown University - McDonough School of Business
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Shenzhen Capital Group: A Pioneer in China's VC Industry

Harvard Business School Finance Case No. 211-029
Posted: 19 Mar 2012
Paul A. Gompers, Shaohui Chen, Jessie Lin and Shelley Ling
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Harvard University - Business School (HBS), affiliation not provided to SSRN and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)

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Corporations and the Financing of Innovation: The Corporate Venturing Experience

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership Historical Research Reference in Entrepreneurship
Posted: 01 Dec 2009
Paul A. Gompers
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

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VentureOne dataset, Financial markets, Venture capital, Innovation process, Financing, Capital investments, Corporate ventures, Investments

46.

Entrepreneurial Spawning: Public Corporations and the Genesis of New Ventures, 1986 to 1999

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership Historical Research Reference in Entrepreneurship
Posted: 17 Nov 2009
David S. Scharfstein, Paul A. Gompers and Josh Lerner
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

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VentureOne dataset, Patent citations, Entrepreneurial activity, Corporate spinoffs, Entrepreneurial environment, Firm diversification, Venture capital, Startups

47.

The Venture Capital Cycle

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership Historical Research Reference in Entrepreneurship
Posted: 04 Nov 2009
Paul A. Gompers and Joshua Y. Lerner
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and Duke University - Department of Political Science

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Intermediaries, Venture capital firms, Startups, Firm financing, Private financing, Venture capital, Early stage capital, Venture capitalists, Innovation policies, Access to capital, Information asymmetry, Organizational structures, Exit strategies

48.

Edocs, Inc. (A)

HBS Publishing Case No.: 9-200-015; Teaching Note Nos.: 9-200-020, 9-200-021
Posted: 29 Jan 2003
Paul A. Gompers
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

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The Role of Lock-Ups in Initial Public Offerings

Review of Financial Studies, Forthcoming
Posted: 01 Nov 2001
Alon Brav and Paul A. Gompers
Duke University - Fuqua School of Business and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

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An Analysis of Compensation in the Us Venture Capital Partnership

Harvard Business School Working Paper No 95- 009
Posted: 12 Feb 1999
Paul A. Gompers and Josh Lerner
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

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Is the Abnormal Return Following Equity Issuances Anomalous?

Rodney L. White Center Working Paper No. 02-99
Posted: 12 Feb 1999
Alon Brav, Christopher Geczy and Paul A. Gompers
Duke University - Fuqua School of Business, University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School, Finance Department and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

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Optimal Investment, Monitoring and the Staging of Venture Capital

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Optimal Investment, Monitoring and the Staging of Venture Capital

J. OF FINANCE, Vol. 50 No. 5, December 1995
Posted: 20 Jul 1998
Paul A. Gompers
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

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Optimal Investment, Monitoring, and the Staging of Venture Capital

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership Historical Research Reference in Entrepreneurship
Posted: 17 Nov 2009
Paul A. Gompers
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

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Agency costs, Monitoring, Firm financing, Early stage financing, Startups, Financial strategies, Firm control, Assets, Agency theory, Investment criteria, High-technology firms, Return on investment, Venture capitalists, Information seeking

53.

Myth or Reality? The Long-Run Underperformance of Initial Public Offerings: Evidence from Venture and Nonventure Capital-Backed Companies

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Myth or Reality? The Long-Run Underperformance of Initial Public Offerings: Evidence from Venture and Nonventure Capital-Backed Companies

Journal of Finance, Vol. 52 No. 4, December 1997
Posted: 11 Apr 1998
Alon Brav and Paul A. Gompers
Duke University - Fuqua School of Business and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

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Myth or Reality? The Long-Run Underperformance of Initial Public Offerings: Evidence from Venture and Nonventure Capital-Backed Companies

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership Historical Research Reference in Entrepreneurship
Posted: 17 Nov 2009
Alon Brav and Paul A. Gompers
Duke University - Fuqua School of Business and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

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Performance measures, Initial public offerings (IPO), Public firms, Firm performance, Benchmarks, Venture capitalists, Venture capital firms

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The Use of Covenants: An Empirical Analysis of Venture Partnership Agreements

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The Use of Covenants: An Empirical Analysis of Venture Partnership Agreements

Posted: 11 Apr 1995
Paul A. Gompers and Josh Lerner
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

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The Use of Covenants: An Empirical Analysis of Venture Partnership Agreements

Journal of Law and Economics, Vol. 39, October, 1996.
Posted: 24 Apr 1996
Paul A. Gompers and Josh Lerner
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

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The Use of Covenants: An Empirical Analysis of Venture Partnership Agreements

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership Historical Research Reference in Entrepreneurship
Posted: 17 Nov 2009
Paul A. Gompers and Josh Lerner
Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

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Covenants, Monitoring, Agency problems, Venture capital, Contracts & agreements, Interfirm alliances, Supply & demand, Investment policies, Costs