Education
Steven Kaplan received his Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, in applied mathematics and economics from Harvard College in 1981 and earned a Doctor of Philosophy in business economics from Harvard University in 1988.
Steven Kaplan received his Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, in applied mathematics and economics from Harvard College in 1981 and earned a Doctor of Philosophy in business economics from Harvard University in 1988.
He started teaching at the business school in 1988, and was named Neubauer Professor in 1999. He is also the Faculty director of the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship, at the University. Kaplan teaches advanced courses in corporate finance and entrepreneurial finance.
His areas of expertise are: Venture Capital, Corporate Governance, Private Equity, Mergers and Acquisitions, Boards of Directors, and East-Commerce.
He was named one of the top twelve business school teachers in United States., Business Week, 1994, and one of the top four business school entrepreneurship professors in United States., Business Week, 1996. In 2001, he was Visiting Professor at European Institute of Business Administration (Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires), in Fontainebleau, France.
He is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research,
He is Associate Editor, Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, European Financial Management, 1994- Journal of Corporate Finance, since 2000. Journal of Empirical Finance since 2001.
Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.
1994-1998, Review of Financial Studies, 1993-1996.