Discussion of Islamic private equity (PE) financing modes rarely provides detailed analytical insights into their properties: there is no rigorous analysis of their features. The current paper analyzes how and when Profit Loss Sharing (PLS) financing methods can solve asymmetric information...

In the last few years, small firms have had difficulties to finance their projects via the traditional bank system. A new type of financing has recently appeared in Europe and in particular in France: the crowdfunding. It is a method for funding a variety of new ventures, allowing individual...

We extend the research on private equity by studying the drivers of LBO operating performance in Asia. We consider a large set of candidate drivers (financial, governance, macroeconomic, cultural, microeconomic and industry variables) and study their effects on performance over the short- and...

We extend the research on private equity by studying the decision to go private in Europe. We consider a new dimension by using two main theories: corporate finance and cognitive biases. It is the first time that these two theories are used to explain Public to Private decisions. To conduct our...

L’analyse de la performance post Public to Private transactions est un aspect de la revue

Fund managers compensation is a particular problem area in terms of its tax treatment in the United States and some European countries. This problem originates in the difficulty of defining these particular forms of incentive and therefore their estimated fair value. Based on the literature,...

This paper focuses on the impact of debt on the optimal policy for investment and hiring, in the light of the theory of real options. We consider a stochastic demand for the product sold by the company. We examine in particular the investment and hiring choices when, in case of enhancement...

This paper focuses on the impact of debt on the optimal policy for investment and hiring, in the light of the theory of real options. We consider a stochastic demand for the product sold by the company. We examine in particular the investment

Technological innovation is not exclusive to great industrial groups. Sometimes, innovative and dynamic companies emerge in high-tech sectors and constitute a serious threat for some industry giants. However, the high reactivity of these small companies is generally impaired by problems of...