ESCP Europe

Item type

Book

Language

English

Publication year

2012

Edition no.

5th ed.

ISBN

978-0-470-65091-2

Note

• Appendices, exhibits, glossary

This book present the important historical cases of private equity while incorporating a number of new relevant and timely cases from previous best-selling issues. It includes more cases relevant to the texts four main goals : understanding the ways in which private equity firms work, applying the key ideas of corporate finance to the industry, understanding the process of valuation, and critiquing valuation approaches of the past and present. By explaining the industry on a case-by-case basis, this text promises to address the critical question of whether gains made in recent years have been sustained and how firms will respond to the current opportunities and challenges.