Venture Capital at the Harvard Management Company in Historical Perspective
The compromise between capital preservation and growth has always been central to the performance of the Harvard endowment. Setting an institutional structure for effectively governing this compromise became especially important when the Harvard Management Company began operating in July of 1974. HMCs investments in venture capital, which began within a decade, created tensions around risk-return tradeoffs. HMC grappled with issues surrounding short term versus long term investment payoffs, the proportion of the portfolio that should be allocated to venture capital and the most appropriate investment form - direct investing in entrepreneurial startups, later stage businesses, or outsourcing this function and investing in funds. Such decisions would matter from the perspective of generations of students and faculty who depended on HMC maximizing returns and getting the balance of the Harvard portfolio right.
【書誌情報】
ページ数:19ページ
サイズ:A4
商品番号:HBSP-815047
発行日:2014/7/28
登録日:2014/12/11