Karthik Krishnan

Northeastern University

Associate Professor

360 Huntington Avenue

414C Hayden Hall

Boston, MA 02115

United States

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How Does Venture Capital Financing Improve Efficiency in Private Firms? A Look Beneath the Surface

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How Does Venture Capital Financing Improve Efficiency in Private Firms? A Look Beneath the Surface

Review of Financial Studies (RFS), 2011
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 17 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 29 Oct 2014
Thomas J. Chemmanur, Karthik Krishnan and Debarshi K. Nandy
Boston College - Carroll School of Management, Northeastern University and Brandeis University - International Business School
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VC financing, monitoring, screening, efficiency, TFP

How Does Venture Capital Financing Improve Efficiency in Private Firms? A Look Beneath the Surface

US Census Bureau Center for Economic Studies Paper No. CES-WP- 08-16
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 22 Jul 2009
Thomas J. Chemmanur, Karthik Krishnan and Debarshi K. Nandy
Boston College - Carroll School of Management, Northeastern University and Brandeis University - International Business School
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The Cost of Financing Education: Can Student Debt Hinder Entrepreneurship?

Management Science, 2019
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 29 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 23 Sep 2022
Karthik Krishnan and Pinshuo Wang
Northeastern University and University of South Florida
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Human Capital, Top Management Quality, and Firm Performance

Northeastern U. D’Amore-McKim School of Business Research Paper No. 2014-01
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 20 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 02 Jan 2020
Thomas J. Chemmanur, Lei Kong, Karthik Krishnan and Qianqian Yu
Boston College - Carroll School of Management, University of Alabama - Department of Economics, Finance and Legal Studies, Northeastern University and Lehigh University
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Human Capital; Management Quality; Operating Performance; Market Valuation; Stock Return

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The Effects of Corporate Spin-offs on Productivity

Journal of Corporate Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 17 Mar 2006 Last Revised: 15 Apr 2016
Thomas J. Chemmanur, Karthik Krishnan and Debarshi K. Nandy
Boston College - Carroll School of Management, Northeastern University and Brandeis University - International Business School
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Spin-offs, Restructuring, Total Factor Productivity (TFP), Employment, Wages

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Top Management Human Capital, Inventor Mobility, and Corporate Innovation

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (JFQA), Forthcoming, AFA 2016 San Francisco Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 88 Posted: 03 Sep 2015 Last Revised: 16 Sep 2018
Thomas J. Chemmanur, Lei Kong, Karthik Krishnan and Qianqian Yu
Boston College - Carroll School of Management, University of Alabama - Department of Economics, Finance and Legal Studies, Northeastern University and Lehigh University
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Corporate Innovation; Top Management Human Capital; Innovation Strategy; Inventor Mobility

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Is It the Investment Bank or the Investment Banker? A Study of the Role of Investment Banker Human Capital in Acquisitions

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (JFQA), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 79 Posted: 18 Dec 2012 Last Revised: 13 Jun 2017
Thomas J. Chemmanur, Mine Ertugrul and Karthik Krishnan
Boston College - Carroll School of Management, University of Massachusetts Boston and Northeastern University
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human capital, investment banks, M&A

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Risky Lending: Does Bank Corporate Governance Matter?

23rd Australasian Finance and Banking Conference 2010 Paper
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 20 Aug 2010 Last Revised: 20 Aug 2015
Olubunmi Faleye and Karthik Krishnan
Northeastern University - D'Amore-McKim School of Business and Northeastern University
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Corporate Governance, Banking, Risky Lending

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Does Financing Spur Small Business Productivity? Evidence from a Natural Experiment

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Does Financing Spur Small Business Productivity? Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Duke I&E Research Paper No. 15-11
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 24 Nov 2013 Last Revised: 15 Dec 2015
Karthik Krishnan, Debarshi K. Nandy and Manju Puri
Northeastern University, Brandeis University - International Business School and Duke University - Fuqua School of Business
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Productivity, Small firm, Bank financing

Does Financing Spur Small Business Productivity? Evidence from a Natural Experiment

NBER Working Paper No. w20149
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 26 May 2014 Last Revised: 23 Jul 2023
Karthik Krishnan, Debarshi K. Nandy and Manju Puri
Northeastern University, Brandeis University - International Business School and Duke University - Fuqua School of Business
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Investment Banks in Dual Roles: Acquirer M&A Advisors as Underwriters

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 18 Sep 2010 Last Revised: 05 Dec 2012
Mine Ertugrul and Karthik Krishnan
University of Massachusetts Boston and Northeastern University
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Merger, Acquisition, Underwriting, Investment Bank, Dual Role, Conflict of Interest

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Can CEO Dismissals Be Proactive?

Journal of Corporate Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 20 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 15 Aug 2014
Mine Ertugrul and Karthik Krishnan
University of Massachusetts Boston and Northeastern University
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CEO turnover, Corporate governance, Firm performance, Dismissal timing

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Do Local and International Venture Capitalists Play Well Together? The Complementarity of Local and International Venture Capitalists

Journal of Business Venturing, 2016, Volume 31, Issue 5, 573-594, AFA 2012 Chicago Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 03 Sep 2010 Last Revised: 02 Sep 2016
Thomas J. Chemmanur, Tyler Hull and Karthik Krishnan
Boston College - Carroll School of Management, University of Massachusetts Boston and Northeastern University
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Venture Capital, International Finance, Emerging markets

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Heterogeneous Beliefs, Short Sale Constraints, and the Economic Role of the Underwriter in IPOs

Financial Management, 41: 769-811, 2012, EFA 2008 Athens Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 17 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 16 Dec 2017
Thomas J. Chemmanur and Karthik Krishnan
Boston College - Carroll School of Management and Northeastern University
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Investment banks, Underwriter reputation, IPOs

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Venture Capital Backing, Investor Attention, and Initial Public Offerings

Number of pages: 63 Posted: 14 Oct 2016 Last Revised: 04 Aug 2018
Thomas J. Chemmanur, Karthik Krishnan and Qianqian Yu
Boston College - Carroll School of Management, Northeastern University and Lehigh University
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Initial Public Offerings, Investor Attention, Venture Capital

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Cross-Border LBOs, Human Capital, and Proximity: Value Addition through Monitoring in Private Equity Investments

Forthcoming, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
Number of pages: 88 Posted: 26 Apr 2014 Last Revised: 11 Nov 2019
Thomas J. Chemmanur, Tyler Hull and Karthik Krishnan
Boston College - Carroll School of Management, University of Massachusetts Boston and Northeastern University
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International finance, LBO, private equity, open sky agreement

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Commercial Banks Getting Underwriting Business: Tying or Relationship Building?

EFA 2006 Zurich Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 26 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 05 Dec 2012
Karthik Krishnan
Northeastern University
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Universal banking, Tying, Conflict of interest, Underwriting

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What Do Crowds Really Want? Crowdfunding and Early Product Access

Northeastern U. D’Amore-McKim School of Business Research Paper No. 2684223
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 01 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 03 Aug 2017
Karthik Krishnan, Lucas Lohmer and Pinshuo Wang
Northeastern University, ESADE Business School and University of South Florida
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Crowdfunding, Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Finance

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Corporate Patenting, Customer Capital, and Financial Market Outcomes

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (JFQA), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 14 Jul 2021 Last Revised: 06 Feb 2023
Mine Ertugrul, Karthik Krishnan, Bo Xu and Qianqian Yu
University of Massachusetts Boston, Northeastern University, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen) and Lehigh University
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Patents; Customer Capital; Firm Performance; Brand Perception; Examiner Leniency

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The Effect of Student Loans on Entrepreneurial Firm Risk-taking, Performance, and Access to Venture Capital with Implications for the Biden Administration’s Student Loan Forgiveness Program

Posted: 14 Nov 2022 Last Revised: 30 Jan 2023
Thomas J. Chemmanur, Karthik Krishnan, Harshit Rajaiya and Pinshuo Wang
Boston College - Carroll School of Management, Northeastern University, University of Ottawa - Telfer School of Management and University of South Florida
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no-loan Financial Aid Policy; Entrepreneurial Risk-Taking; Student Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital Access

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Student Debt and Stock Market Participation

Northeastern U. D’Amore-McKim School of Business Research Paper No. 2777062
Posted: 09 May 2016 Last Revised: 06 Feb 2024
Birzhan Batkeyev, Karthik Krishnan, Debarshi K. Nandy, Mine Ertugrul and Pinshuo Wang
International School of Economics - Kazakh-British Technical University, Northeastern University, Brandeis University - International Business School, University of Massachusetts Boston and University of South Florida

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Student debt, portfolio risk, Household Net Worth; Stock Market Participation