Morten Sorensen
Adjunct Associate Professor of Business at Columbia Business School
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- Columbia Business School
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Columbia Business School
Biography
Professor Sorensen's research focuses on Private Equity, Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship, emphasizing the value created between investors and their portfolio companies. Recent research includes studies of the matching of VC investors and start-ups, the risk and return of entrepreneurial investments, VCs’ learning about industries and technologies, the effects of CEO type on deal success, the effects of PE on innovation, and the recent surge in PE activity in emerging markets. Sorensen teaches the elective Entrepreneurial Finance.
Teaching
Spring 2018
Entrepreneurial Finance (EMBA)
Fall 2017
Summer 2017
Entrepreneurial Finance (EMBA)
Spring 2017
Entrepreneurial Finance (EMBA)
Fall 2016
Summer 2016
Entrepreneurial Finance (EMBA)
Spring 2016
Entrepreneurial Finance (EMBA)
Fall 2015
Summer 2015
Entrepreneurial Finance (EMBA)
Spring 2015
Entrepreneurial Finance (EMBA)
Fall 2014
Summer 2014
Entrepreneurial Finance (EMBA)
Spring 2014
Entrepreneurial Finance (EMBA)
Fall 2013
Summer 2013
Entrepreneurial Finance & Private Equity (EMBA)
Spring 2013
Entrepreneurial Finance & Private Equity (EMBA)
Fall 2012
Entrepreneurial Finance & Private Equity (MBA)
Spring 2012
Entrepreneurial Finance & Private Equity (EMBA)
Columbia Caseworks cases
Sunrise Inc.: A Tale of Two Term Sheets (2014)
Coauthor(s): Morten Sorensen
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Research
Journal articles
Which CEO Characteristics and Abilities Matter? In Journal of Finance (2012)
Coauthor(s): Steven Kaplan, Mark Klebanov, Morten Sorensen
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Risks, Returns, and Optimal Holdings of Private Equity: A Survey of Existing Approaches In Quarterly Journal of Finance (2012)
Coauthor(s): Andrew Ang, Morten Sorensen
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Private Equity and Long-Run Investment: The Case of Innovation In The Journal of Finance (2011)
Coauthor(s): J. Lerner, Morten Sorensen, Per Stromberg
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A Simulation-based Approach to Stochastic Dynamic Programming In Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry (2011)
Coauthor(s): Nicholas Polson, Morten Sorensen
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Risk and Return Characteristics of Venture Capital-Backed Entrepreneurial Companies In The Review of Financial Studies (2010)
Coauthor(s): Arthur Korteweg, Morten Sorensen
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How Smart Is Smart Money? A Two-Sided Matching Model of Venture Capital In The Journal of Finance (2007)
Coauthor(s): Morten Sorensen
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Working papers
Valuing Private Equity (2013)
Coauthor(s): Morten Sorensen, Neng Wang, Jinqiang Yang
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Private Equity and Industry Performance (2010)
Coauthor(s): Shai Bernstein, J. Lerner, Morten Sorensen, Per Stromberg
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Private Equity, Industry Performance and Cyclicality In Globalization of Alternative Investments Working Papers Volume 3: The Global Economic Impact of Private Equity Report 2010 (2009)
Coauthor(s): Shai Bernstein, Morten Sorensen, J. Lerner, Per Strömberg
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Learning by Investing: Evidence From Venture Capital (2008)
Coauthor(s): Morten Sorensen
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Videos
Morten Sorensen: Private Equity Risk
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