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Strategic Secret of Private Equity
Finance & Accounting Magazine ArticleThe huge sums that private equity firms make on their investments evoke admiration and envy. Typically, these returns are attributed to the firms' aggressive... -
Managing Shareholders in the Age of Stakeholder Capitalism
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleHow to identify and attract investors who will support your long-term, stakeholder-focused plans. -
Private Equity Needs a New Talent Strategy
Finance and investing Magazine ArticleHigher interest rates and competition have changed the nature of the business. Now the industry must find a new approach to developing leaders. -
The CEO of New Mountain Capital on Using PE Management to Ignite Growth
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleTwelve years ago, in 2010, the private equity firm New Mountain Capital acquired a little-known Wisconsin software company, RedPrairie, for $565 million.... -
Lessons from Private-Equity Masters
Accounting Magazine ArticlePrivate-equity firms routinely achieve eye-popping returns on the businesses they operate. Their secret? A relentless focus on four management disciplines. -
Private Equity and the Ownership Decision
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleA few months back I wrote about micro-decisions and how they can add up to macro money. But as a student of decision-making I would be remiss if I didn't... -
Turbocharging Asian Turnarounds
Finance & Accounting Magazine ArticlePrivate equity investors in Asia are fine-tuning the art of the turnaround using three principal strategies. -
Private Equity's Long View
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleWhen getting a company ready to sell in the short term, it turns out, PE firms employ many of the best strategy practices--use debt aggressively, focus... -
Private Equity Should Take the Lead in Sustainability
Finance and investing Magazine ArticleHere’s how. -
Does Business Need a New Model?
Organizational Development SpotlightCritics charge that in today's heavily traded capital markets, executives are increasingly incentivized to manage in tiny, short-term windows, with an... -
How Private Equity Firms Infuse a Positive Attitude
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleTimes change and markets transform themselves overnight. The half-life of common wisdom is shorter than ever. But top private equity firms have distilled... -
If Private Equity Sized Up Your Business
Entrepreneurial financing Magazine ArticleBuyout firms would see opportunity for value enhancement in five key areas. Why not beat them to the punch? -
Do Politics Shape Buyout Performance?
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleA new study of private equity buyouts shows that, on average, U.S. acquisitions made in "red" (Republican) states deliver significantly higher returns... -
What Private Equity Investors Think They Do for the Companies They Buy
Finance and investing Digital ArticleThey don’t use the financial tools they learned in B-school. -
The Role of Private Equity in Driving Up Health Care Prices
Competitive strategy Digital ArticleIt prioritizes short-term profits over patients’ health. -
Research: What Happens When Private Equity Firms Buy Hospitals?
Strategy & Execution ResearchA study of 42 leveraged buyouts produced surprising findings that should guide policy reforms. -
To Make Deals in the Middle Market, Private Equity Needs Cultural Literacy
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleDoing business starts with building mutual trust and respect. -
Private Equity’s New Phase
Corporate governance Digital ArticleMore and more companies today are privately held. -
Private Equity's Lessons for the Rest of Us
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleA year ago, most of us couldn't name a single asset in the Cerberus Capital Management portfolio. Today, we know them as the private equity firm that... -
Truth About Private Equity Performance
Finance & Accounting Magazine ArticlePrivate equity fund performance is most often reported in a way that exaggerates the truth. A modified calculation gives a more accurate read of performance...
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Environmental Defense Fund and the Leveraged Buyout of TXU
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In 2006, the regional director for Texas' Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) was on his way to a hearing about permits for new coal plants proposed by Texas... -
GO Corp.
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details GO faces a crisis in March 1991 when Microsoft announces the introduction of a competing operating system for pen-based computers. GO's managers must... -
"Doctor My Eyes"--The Acquisition of Bausch & Lomb by Warburg Pincus (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In early 2010, senior partners at Warburg Pincus met to review a report on Bausch & Lomb Incorporated, the firm's largest investment at the time. Warburg... -
Chrysler and BMW: Tritec Engine Joint Venture
Technology & Operations Case Study6.95View Details A gifted project leader lacks significant new product development experience. The case highlights the issues and procedures related to defining the project... -
Chevalier Group: Using a Private Equity "Style" Strategy to Maximize a Listed Company's Value
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details The Chevalier case demonstrates how a family-controlled and publicly listed group can make use of a listed company's idle assets and turn them into a... -
ACTIS' Pan-Regional Payments Platform: Private Equity Buy-and-build Strategy in the Middle East and Africa
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details In 2010, ACTIS embarked on an ambitious project to build a pan-Middle East and Africa (MEA) payments platform. It had purchased Mediterranean Smart Cards... -
ReNew Power: Leading the Energy Transition in India
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details Founder-CEO of one of India's largest clean energy companies, ReNew Power, which develops, builds, and operates utility-scale wind and solar energy projects,... -
Wayne Ferrari: iAutomation at a Crossroads
Leadership & Managing People Case Study14.00View Details Wayne Ferrari has bridged the gap between being an independent entrepreneur and a "professional manager." After selling his business to a Private Equity... -
Seedfund
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Seedfund is an early stage venture capital (VC) fund focused on Indian companies building enterprises that address the growing Indian economy. The case... -
ABRY Fund V
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In January 2006, Andrew Banks and Royce Yudkoff were considering raising a 5th fund for their media-focused private equity firm, ABRY Partners. ABRY had... -
CityCenter (C): Turmoil and Choices
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details "CityCenter (C)" follows the (A) and (B) cases chronologically. The (C) case explores the decisions facing MGM MIRAGE following a lawsuit by partner Dubai... -
Tempur Sealy International (B)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Analyzes the commercial relationship between Tempur Sealy and Mattress Firm following the events discussed in the (A) case. -
Pergah Transport Limited: Compensation Fairness in a Multinational Context
Management Case Study8.95View Details A female entrepreneur in Ghana developed a transportation company that provided services for national and large multinational organizations in the country.... -
Vanderbilt University Endowment (2006)
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details As with many modern-day large pools of capital, the Vanderbilt University endowment is significantly invested in alternative assets such as hedge funds,... -
Maytag: Takeover Strategies
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details On April 22, 2005, Maytag Corporation's stock price fell 28 percent after the company reported disappointing first-quarter results and significantly reduced... -
The Florange Law: Encouraging Long-Termism in Equity Markets?
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This note provides background information on a French law ("the Florange law") passed in 2014 that the French government said would encourage long-term... -
Highbridge Capital Management: Building a Sustainable Organization
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In 2010 Glenn Dubin reflected upon the enduring organization and culture he and co-founder Henry Swieca had infused into Highbridge Capital Management... -
Investcorp and the Moneybookers Bid
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details In January 2007, Hazem Ben-Gacem, managing director and co-head of Investcorp Technology Partners (ITP), needs to decide what to bid at an auction for... -
Wireless Telecom Negotiation
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details A venture capital/private equity fund is preparing to negotiate with the two parties in a prospective PCS joint venture: the entrepreneur and AT&T Wireless.... -
DW Healthcare Partners
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details An abstract is not available for this product.
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Strategic Secret of Private Equity
Finance & Accounting Magazine ArticleThe huge sums that private equity firms make on their investments evoke admiration and envy. Typically, these returns are attributed to the firms' aggressive... -
Opening Access to the Fast Track for Career Equity
Management Digital ArticleNew research shows that factors unrelated to employees' knowledge, capabilities, and behavior such as who they report to, their access to accelerator... -
Environmental Defense Fund and the Leveraged Buyout of TXU
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In 2006, the regional director for Texas' Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) was on his way to a hearing about permits for new coal plants proposed by Texas... -
GO Corp.
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details GO faces a crisis in March 1991 when Microsoft announces the introduction of a competing operating system for pen-based computers. GO's managers must... -
Loblaw Companies Ltd.: EDI and Strategic Growth, Teaching Note
Management Digital ArticleTeaching Note for Case W29386 -
"Doctor My Eyes"--The Acquisition of Bausch & Lomb by Warburg Pincus (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In early 2010, senior partners at Warburg Pincus met to review a report on Bausch & Lomb Incorporated, the firm's largest investment at the time. Warburg... -
Chrysler and BMW: Tritec Engine Joint Venture
Technology & Operations Case Study6.95View Details A gifted project leader lacks significant new product development experience. The case highlights the issues and procedures related to defining the project... -
Arcano Partners: Scaling Impact With a Fund of Funds (A and B), Teaching Note
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleTeaching Note for Case IES889 -
Managing Shareholders in the Age of Stakeholder Capitalism
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleHow to identify and attract investors who will support your long-term, stakeholder-focused plans. -
Chevalier Group: Using a Private Equity "Style" Strategy to Maximize a Listed Company's Value
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details The Chevalier case demonstrates how a family-controlled and publicly listed group can make use of a listed company's idle assets and turn them into a...