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Listed private equity : investment strategies and returns /

The increasing popularity of private equity ('PE'), and especially leveraged buyouts in the late 1980s, established a novel area of research in these investments. First, research concentrated on the taking private of large corporations in the US. In his most significant paper, Jensen (1989...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kumpf, Sarah (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hamburg, Germany : Diplomica Verlag, 2013.
Colección:Reihe Alternative Investment ; Band 6
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The increasing popularity of private equity ('PE'), and especially leveraged buyouts in the late 1980s, established a novel area of research in these investments. First, research concentrated on the taking private of large corporations in the US. In his most significant paper, Jensen (1989) claimed that PE firms which function as activist investors incentivize the management of their portfolio companies to maximize value, and concluded that in the long run, private companies, owned by PE firms, would outperform firms under public ownership. Others argued that PE firms simply buy companies at a.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (89 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9783842839489
3842839480