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The Market for CEOs: Evidence from Private Equity

Posted by Paul A. Gompers (Harvard Business School), Steven N. Kaplan (University of Chicago), and Vladimir Mukharlyamov (Georgetown University), on Wednesday, August 10, 2022 Editor's Note: Paul A. Gompers is Eugene Holman Professor of Business Administration

The Most Curious Rule Proposal in Securities and Exchange Commission History

Posted by Joseph Grundfest (Stanford University), on Tuesday, May 17, 2022 Editor's Note: Joseph A. Grundfest is William A. Franke Professor of Law and Business at Stanford Law School. This post is based on his

Proposed SEC Rule on Private Fund Advisers

Posted by William W. Clayton (Brigham Young University), on Monday, May 16, 2022 Editor's Note: William W. Clayton is an Associate Professor at Brigham Young University Law School. This post summarizes his recent comment letter

Private or Public Equity? The Evolving Entrepreneurial Finance Landscape

Posted by Michael Ewens (Caltech) and Joan Farre-Mensa (University of Illinois at Chicago), on Thursday, March 3, 2022 Editor's Note: Michael Ewens is Professor of Finance and Entrepreneurship at the California Institute of Technology, and Joan

Stakeholder Capitalism in the Time of Covid

Posted by Lucian Bebchuk (Harvard Law School), Kobi Kastiel (Tel Aviv University), and Roberto Tallarita (Harvard Law School), on Tuesday, February 22, 2022 Editor's Note: Lucian Bebchuk is the James Barr Ames Professor of Law,

High-End Bargaining Problems

Posted by William Clayton (Brigham Young University), on Wednesday, December 22, 2021 Editor's Note: William W. Clayton is Associate Professor of Law at Brigham Young University Law School. This post is based on his recent

Venture Capital’s “Me Too” Moment

Posted by Sophie Calder-Wang (The Wharton School), Paul A. Gompers (Harvard Business School), and Patrick Sweeney (Harvard Business School), on Tuesday, July 13, 2021 Editor's Note: Sophie Calder-Wang is Assistant Professor of Real Estate at

Private Equity and Financial Stability: Evidence from Failed Bank Resolution in the Crisis

Posted by Emily Johnston-Ross (FDIC), Song Ma (Yale University), and Manju Puri (Duke University), on Wednesday, May 26, 2021 Editor's Note: Emily Johnston Ross is a Senior Financial Economist at the FDIC Center for Financial

EQT: Private Equity with a Purpose

Posted by Robert Eccles (University of Oxford), Therese Lennehag (EQT Partners), and Nina Nornholm (EQT Partners), on Wednesday, November 25, 2020 Editor's Note: Robert G. Eccles is Visiting Professor of Management Practice at Oxford University

Don’t Go Chasing Waterfalls: Fiduciary Obligations in the Shadow of Trados

Posted by Sarath Sanga (Northwestern University) and Eric L. Talley (Columbia University), on Tuesday, November 10, 2020 Editor's Note: Sarath Sanga is Associate Professor at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, and at Kellogg School

Private Equity and COVID-19

Posted by Paul A. Gompers (Harvard Business School), Steven N. Kaplan (University of Chicago), and Vladimir Mukharlyamov (Georgetown University), on Monday, October 19, 2020 Editor's Note: Paul A. Gompers is Eugene Holman Professor of Business

Expanding Opportunities for Investors and Retirees: Private Equity

Posted by Hal S. Scott (Harvard Law School) and John Gulliver (Program on International Financial Systems), on Monday, September 21, 2020 Editor's Note: Hal S. Scott is the Emeritus Nomura Professor of International Financial Systems

Venture Capitalists and COVID-19

Posted by Will Gornall (University of British Columbia), on Tuesday, September 1, 2020 Editor's Note: Will Gornall is Assistant Professor of Finance at the Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia. This post

For Whom Corporate Leaders Bargain

Posted by Lucian Bebchuk, Kobi Kastiel, and Roberto Tallarita (Harvard Law School), on Tuesday, August 25, 2020 Editor's Note: Lucian Bebchuk is the James Barr Ames Professor of Law, Economics, and Finance and Director of

Contracts with (Social) Benefits: The Implementation of Impact Investing

Posted by Anne M. Tucker (Georgia State University), on Wednesday, August 5, 2020 Editor's Note: Anne Tucker is Professor of Law at Georgia State University College of Law. This post is based on a recent

Value Creation in Private Equity

Posted by Markus Biesinger (EBRD), Çağatay Bircan (EBRD), and Alexander Ljungqvist (Stockholm School of Economics), on Friday, June 5, 2020 Editor's Note: Markus Biesinger is Associate, Private Equity at the European Bank for Reconstruction and

Can Investors Time Their Exposure to Private Equity?

Posted by Gregory W. Brown (University of North Carolina), on Friday, March 27, 2020 Editor's Note: Gregory Brown is professor of finance and director of the Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise at University

Public versus Private Equity

Posted by René M. Stulz (Ohio State University), on Monday, March 23, 2020 Editor's Note: René M. Stulz is the Everett D. Reese Chair of Banking and Monetary Economics at the Fisher College of Business

The Persistent Effect of Initial Success: Evidence from Venture Capital

Posted by Ramana Nanda (Harvard Business School), Sampsa Samila (IESE Business School), and Olav Sorenson (Yale University), on Wednesday, February 26, 2020 Editor's Note: Ramana Nanda is the Sarofim-Rock Professor of Business Administration at Harvard

Startup Governance

Posted by Elizabeth Pollman (University of Pennsylvania), on Tuesday, January 14, 2020 Editor's Note: Elizabeth Pollman is Professor of Law at University of Pennsylvania Law School. This post is based on her article, recently published

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