During recent years, an increasing number of corporations have decided to raise external capital via markets for hybrid securities. Hybrid securities share characteristics of common stock and straight debt and appear in different forms, such as convertible debt, mandatory convertibles or...

“A fascinating, wholly new, account of the emergence of Japan as a major player in the global economy and politics in the early twentieth century, and New York financier Jacob Schiff's role in funding it, while he boosted the US challenge to the City of London's dominance in world finance.”...

This book, divided into three main parts, will offer a complete overview of the concept of corporate financial distress, emphasizing the different typologies of corporate paths included in this broad concept. It will reorganize and update academic literature about the evaluation of corporate...

The inventive process is the most important driver of economic growth. Venture capital (VC) funds have contributed a small, but critical, part to the inventive process. VC funds boost the inventive process by selecting a small number of radical ideas out a large flow of ideas and invest in their...

"Most small businesses cite lack of capital is a major constraint on growth. ""Raising Capital"" focuses on non-bank sources of capital since banks only lend to companies that fit a very narrow profile. The topics covered include: (i) capital sources entrepreneurs can tap when they are too small...

Unternehmenskrise, Früherkennung und Sanierung -- Finanzierungstheorie: Optimale Kapitalstruktur und Finanzierungsinstrumente -- Private Equity -- Analytische Betrachtung von Private Equity und Implikationen für Private-Equity-Gesellschaften -- Entwicklung eines Analyserasters zur Beurteilung...