Details

Private Equity Investments


Private Equity Investments

Drivers and Performance Implications of Investment Cycles
Schriften zum europäischen Management

von: Claudia Sommer

53,49 €

Verlag: Gabler
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 08.10.2012
ISBN/EAN: 9783658002343
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 301

Dieses eBook enthält ein Wasserzeichen.

Beschreibungen

Private Equity experienced dramatic flutuations 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 set of more than 40,000 European transations between 1990 and 2009 she applies a variety of econometrial approaches and shows how neoclassical aspects, information asymmetries, agency conflicts, and market timing contribute to the dynamics in the private equity market. In a performance analysis of more than 1,300 European private equity funds, she reveals how fund performance is linked to investment activity. ​
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. ​
Dr. Claudia Sommer completed her doctoral thesis under the supervision of Prof. Andreas Grüner and Prof. Klaus Spremann at the University of St. Gallen. She is Head of Corporate Development of a leading German retail and E-commerce company and has a track record in top management consulting.
<p>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 set of more than 40,000 European transactions, she applies a variety of econometrical approaches and shows how neoclassical aspects, information asymmetries, agency conflicts, and market timing contribute to the dynamics in the private equity market. In a performance analysis of more than 1,300 European funds she reveals the resulting performance implications.</p>
Publication in the filed of economics sciences? Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
<p>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 set of more than 40,000 European transactions, she applies a variety of econometrical approaches and shows how neoclassical aspects, information asymmetries, agency conflicts, and market timing contribute to the dynamics in the private equity market. In a performance analysis of more than 1,300 European funds she reveals the resulting performance implications.</p>

Diese Produkte könnten Sie auch interessieren:

The Beginnings of Political Economy
The Beginnings of Political Economy
von: Jürgen Backhaus
PDF ebook
149,79 €
Integration, Growth, and Cohesion in an Enlarged European Union
Integration, Growth, and Cohesion in an Enlarged European Union
von: John Bradley, George G. Petrakos, Julia Traistaru
PDF ebook
149,79 €