Private Equity Investments Drivers and Performance Implications of Investment Cycles

Private equity experienced dramatic fluctuations in investment activity in line with the turbulences of financial markets in recent years. Claudia Sommer develops a theoretical framework of factors driving private equity investment activity and the resulting performance implications. Using a data se...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sommer, Claudia
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Wiesbaden Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden 2013, 2013
Edition:1st ed. 2013
Series:Schriften zum europäischen Management
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Review of economic and business literature on private equity in Europe
  • Development of a theoretical framework on private equity investment cycles
  • Analysis of factors driving private equity investment activity on aggregate and industry level
  • Analysis of the performance implications of investment cycles
  • Practical implications, summary and conclusion