Badunenko, Oleg; Baum, Christopher F.; Schäfer, Dorothea - 2010 - Updated version March 2010
The paper investigates whether the presence and tenure of Private Equity (PE) investment in European companies improves their performance. Previous studies documented the unambiguous merit of a buyout during the 1980s and 1990s for listed firms in the US and UK markets. This study analyzes such...