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Title

Private equity : the German experience / Paul Jowett and Françoise Jowett.

Author

Jowett, Paul.

Publication

Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

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Additional Authors

Jowett, Francoise.

Description

xiii, 626 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

This tells the story of the development of the private equity industry in Germany. It is the first comprehensive history of the private equity industry for any country, revealing the vicissitudes of private equity investing, warts and all. It is an engaging chronicle for anyone interested in the industry or the modern German economy.

Subject

• Private equity > Germany
• Private Equity
• BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Investing
• Investment & securities > Germany
• Corporate finance > Germany
• Ownership & organization of enterprises > Germany
• Finance and Accounting
• Private equity
• Deutschland

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 510-530) and index.

Contents

Minority Participations: 1965-1975 -- The Failed Venture Capital Experiment: 1976-1991 -- The Early Shoots: GENES Ventures & Matuschka/TVM -- The First Phase: From Venture Capital to LBOs -- The Second Phase: 3i, CVC, Bain, and Matuschka -- The Third Phase: Trial and Error with LBOs -- The Schroders' Story of the 1980s -- The 1984-1991 Experience in Retrospect -- The Fourth Phase: Frustrating Times 1992-1994 East German Adventures -- The Fifth Phase: Retrenchment & Spin-offs: 1995-1996 -- The Sixth Phase: The Tsunami Begins -- The Seventh Phase: 2001: The Collapse and its Aftermath -- The Eighth Phase: The Booming Market: 2004-2007 -- The Ninth Phase: The Fall What did Private Equity Ever do for Germany?

ISBN

• 9780230537767 (hbk.)
• 0230537766 (hbk.)

OCLC

702616185

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Harvard Library