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- April 1999 (Revised September 2001)
- Case
Penelope's Personal Pocket Phones
By: Paul A. Gompers
Provides students with an opportunity to use simple real options analysis to value a startup. Penelope Phillips is deciding whether to start a company to make wireless phones. Students get experience using traditional discounted cash flow valuation and a real options...
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Keywords:
Valuation;
Entrepreneurship;
Business Startups;
Mobile and Wireless Technology;
Capital Budgeting;
Corporate Finance;
Manufacturing Industry;
Electronics Industry
Gompers, Paul A. "Penelope's Personal Pocket Phones." Harvard Business School Case 299-004, April 1999. (Revised September 2001.)
- April 1999
- Article
Conflict of Interest in the Issuance of Public Securities: Evidence from Venture Capital
By: Paul Gompers and Josh Lerner
Gompers, Paul, and Josh Lerner. "Conflict of Interest in the Issuance of Public Securities: Evidence from Venture Capital." Journal of Law & Economics 42, Part 1, no. 1 (April 1999): 1–28.
- February 1999 (Revised June 2010)
- Case
Car Wash Partners, Inc.
By: Paul A. Gompers
Examines the investment decision of Cabot Brown and Bill Burgin, two venture capitalists, to finance Car Wash Partners (CWP). CWP intends to purchase automatic car washes around the country. Investment strategy and deal structuring are discussed.
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Entrepreneurship;
Venture Capital;
Financial Strategy;
Auto Industry;
Service Industry
Gompers, Paul A. "Car Wash Partners, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 299-034, February 1999. (Revised June 2010.)
- January 1999 (Revised March 2000)
- Case
ZEFER: November 1998
By: Paul A. Gompers
ZEFER, a young Internet professional service firm, is considering its expansion options. Organic growth versus growth by acquisition is a central theme. The firm's financing strategy will be determined by its business strategy.
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Keywords:
Acquisition;
Financial Strategy;
Service Operations;
Business Strategy;
Expansion;
Internet;
Service Industry
Gompers, Paul A. "ZEFER: November 1998." Harvard Business School Case 299-032, January 1999. (Revised March 2000.)
- January 1999
- Case
Prague Post, The
By: Paul A. Gompers
Lisa Frankenberg, co-founder of the Prague Post, is faced with several business and professional decisions. The English-language paper she founded is under pressure from competition and a Czech Republic recession. She must decide how to return the paper to...
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Keywords:
Growth and Development Strategy;
Decisions;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Profit;
Competition;
Financial Crisis;
Personal Development and Career;
Publishing Industry;
Czech Republic
Gompers, Paul A. "Prague Post, The ." Harvard Business School Case 299-033, January 1999.
- January 1999
- Article
An Analysis of Compensation in the U.S. Venture Capital Partnership
By: Paul Gompers and Josh Lerner
Gompers, Paul, and Josh Lerner. "An Analysis of Compensation in the U.S. Venture Capital Partnership." Journal of Financial Economics 51, no. 1 (January 1999): 3–44.
- 1999
- Report
Capital Formation and Investment in Venture Markets: Implications for the Advanced Technology Program
By: Josh Lerner and Paul A. Gompers
Lerner, Josh, and Paul A. Gompers. "Capital Formation and Investment in Venture Markets: Implications for the Advanced Technology Program." Report, 1999 (Condensed version published in Richard N. Spivack, editor, Papers and Proceeedings of the Advanced Technology Program's International Conference on the Economic Evaluation of Technological Change. NIST Special Publication 952, National Institutes of Standards and Technology, 2001, pp. 15-21.)
- Article
Venture Capital Distributions: Short-Run and Long-Run Reactions
By: Paul Gompers and Josh Lerner
Gompers, Paul, and Josh Lerner. "Venture Capital Distributions: Short-Run and Long-Run Reactions." Journal of Finance 53, no. 6 (December 1998): 2161–2183.
- August 1998
- Article
Venture Capital Growing Pains: Should the Market Diet?
By: Paul A. Gompers
Gompers, Paul A. "Venture Capital Growing Pains: Should the Market Diet?" Special Issue on The Economics of Small Business Finance. Journal of Banking & Finance 22, nos. 6-8 (August 1998): 1089–1104.
- July 1998
- Article
What Drives Venture Capital Fundraising?
By: P. Gompers and J. Lerner
Keywords:
Venture Capital
Gompers, P., and J. Lerner. "What Drives Venture Capital Fundraising?" Brookings Papers on Economic Activity. Microeconomics (July 1998): 149–192.
- June 1998
- Case
MSE, Inc. Privatization: August 1997
By: Paul A. Gompers and Alexander Tsai
Gompers, Paul A., and Alexander Tsai. "MSE, Inc. Privatization: August 1997." Harvard Business School Case 298-135, June 1998.
- April 1998
- Case
Advent Israel Venture Capital Program, The
By: Paul A. Gompers and Jeffrey M. Anapolsky
Explores the decision by Advent, an international venture capital firm, to start a fund focused on Israel. Advent must decide who to hire to run the fund and how much money to raise.
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Keywords:
Venture Capital;
Global Strategy;
Recruitment;
Expansion;
Business Strategy;
Financial Services Industry;
Israel
Gompers, Paul A., and Jeffrey M. Anapolsky. "Advent Israel Venture Capital Program, The ." Harvard Business School Case 298-072, April 1998.
- April 1998
- Case
Venture Capital in Ireland: Getting Their ACT Together
By: Paul A. Gompers and Catherine M. Conneely
Analyzes the decisions of Niall Carroll, an Irish banker, to start a venture capital fund focused on Ireland. The context of the Irish markets and the nature of Irish opportunities are explored.
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Keywords:
Business Startups;
Venture Capital;
Markets;
Market Entry and Exit;
Financial Services Industry;
Republic of Ireland
Gompers, Paul A., and Catherine M. Conneely. "Venture Capital in Ireland: Getting Their ACT Together." Harvard Business School Case 298-001, April 1998.
- April 1998
- Case
MSE, Inc. Privatization: August 1997 (Abridged)
By: Paul A. Gompers and Alexander Tsai
Gompers, Paul A., and Alexander Tsai. "MSE, Inc. Privatization: August 1997 (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 298-136, April 1998.
- March 1998 (Revised October 2001)
- Case
Xedia and Silicon Valley Bank (A)
By: Paul A. Gompers and Jon Biotti
Xedia, a networking equipment manufacturer that helps provide high-speed Internet service for corporate clients through access routing, wants a bridge loan to fund daily operations until it raises its next round of equity financing.
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Keywords:
Venture Capital;
Equity;
Financing and Loans;
Negotiation;
Production;
Internet;
Banking Industry
Gompers, Paul A., and Jon Biotti. "Xedia and Silicon Valley Bank (A)." Harvard Business School Case 298-119, March 1998. (Revised October 2001.)
- March 1998 (Revised October 2001)
- Case
Xedia and Silicon Valley Bank (B-1): The Bank's Perspective
By: Paul A. Gompers and Jon Biotti
Supplements the (A) case.
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Keywords:
Banking Industry
Gompers, Paul A., and Jon Biotti. "Xedia and Silicon Valley Bank (B-1): The Bank's Perspective." Harvard Business School Case 298-120, March 1998. (Revised October 2001.)