This paper offers the first systematic evidence on environmental, social, and governance
(ESG) disclosures provided by a large global sample of private equity (PE) firms. Using …

Over the past half century, private equity has grown into a $3 trillion asset class. In this
review, I critically synthesize the main insights of the academic literature on private equity …

Prior research suggests that specialized VC funds with small portfolios benefit startup
performance due to active investor engagement. Using project-level data from the life …

We utilize granular data from the life science sector to study how VC activism affects
strategic experimentation decisions. We show that pipeline prioritization, deciding the timing …