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Steven Kaplan of University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business

The economist and professor discusses his work developing a new middle-market index with Lincoln International, Booth's private equity programming, and his latest research.

Steven Kaplan of University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business

This episode of the Middle Market Growth Conversations podcast features Steven Kaplan, the Neubauer family distinguished service professor of entrepreneurship and finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

He speaks with MMG Editor in Chief Deborah Cohen about the Lincoln Middle Market Index, which he developed with investment bank Lincoln International; Booth’s private equity programming and a recent gift to the school from an alumnus; and Kaplan’s research, including on how analytics can predict CEO success.

To hear more interviews with middle-market influencers, subscribe to the Middle Market Growth Conversations podcast in iTunes.

“If you do an acquisition, on average it’s probably going to create value, but there’s a lot of variance. But this view that they’re all bad, or that two-thirds are bad, is just not consistent with the data.”