We assess whether a VC’s intrinsic commitment to a startup affects investment performance. We proxy for climate change commitment using the political contributions to democrats of the lead VC person on a deal. We find investments by democrats in climate-related startups have 8% higher...

The first textbook of its kind, taking a uniquely global approach to project management in construction. Using a wealth of case studies from around the world to explain theory and practice, the authors take a business-oriented, decision-making approach to project management and the challenges it...

I survey the empirical and theoretical literature on merger waves, beginning with the very early work on aggregate waves and moving on to the study of industry-level waves and finally cross-border activity. I argue that although there is no single explanation for merger activity or waves--and...