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Author: Josh Lerner

Pages: 540

Format: pdf

Size: 2,23 MB

Publisher: Wiley (2000)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0471322865

ISBN-13: 978-0471322863

Product Description

What Explains the Recent Tremendous Growth in Private Equity Funds? How Have These Funds Created so Much Value? Can We Expect This Kind of Growth in Other Countries and Other Types of Investments? The pool of U.S. private equity funds has grown from $5 billion in 1980 to over $175 billion in 1999. Private equity's recent growth has outstripped that of almost every class of financial product. Whether you are an entrepreneur seeking private equity finance, a private equity investor grappling with the industry's changes, or an investor interested in private equity as a potential investment, this book is required reading! It presents a collection of real world cases-supplemented by detailed industry notes-that explore the exciting and dynamic world of venture capital and buyout funds. The organization mirrors that of the venture capital/private equity process itself:

* The first part explores the raising and structuring of private equity funds, as well as the perspective of investors.

* The second part explores the selection,oversight, and adding value to firms-the 'heart' of the private equity cycle.

* The third part describes how private equity groups reap attractive returns from successful investments.

* The final section explores the emerging efforts to translate the private equity model into other settings, such as corporate venturing programs.

From the Inside Flap

The private equity industry is experiencing tremendous change. Buyout firms are raising funds of more than $20 billion; the sizes of venture funds are rising again toward the $1 billion mark. At the same time, the industry is globalizing at a rapid rate.

This new Fourth Edition of Lerner and Hardymon's classic text reflects the current and future state of the industry as it introduces you to the private equity-venture capital process. Reviewing the history of private equity leading up to today's environment, the authors give you insight into the ways in which private equity groups work; the key distinctions in the industry; how the concepts of corporate finance are applied to private equity; and valuation approaches--popular techniques as well as less frequently used ones--in practice today.

Through extensively updated real-world cases, Lerner and Hardymon examine:

* How private equity funds are raised and structured

* The features of private equity funds and the actors in the fundraising process

* Interactions between private equity investors and the entrepreneurs they finance

* The critical problems that companies in a private equity portfolio face

* Valuation approaches, from techniques widely used in practice to methods that are likely to be important in the future

* How private equity firms invest in, monitor, and add value to companies

* successful strategies fro exiting investment and returning capital to investors

* The international arena, with examples from Great Britain, Ireland, Germany, Argentina, and China

* Fundamental shifts in the industry and how firms are meeting the challenge

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