... example, Hochberg, Ljungqvist, and Lu (2007) show the importance of networks in venture capital and Ka-plan and Schoar (2005), Brown, Harlow, and Starks (1996), and Chevalier and Ellison (1997) find ... both sharing the MBA survey data and providinguseful suggestions. I am also grateful to Stanford’s Vic Menen and Andy Chan and to Wharton’sChristopher Morris and Jennifer Sheffler for providing ... mergers and acquisi-tions, initial public offerings, and other securities offerings. The business press,discussions in classrooms and hallways at leading business schools, and evenmovies and novels...