Private Equity restructuring of companies using debt finance has been criticised for increasing financial distress and bankruptcy in the corporate sector and this was especially so in the aftermath of the financial crisis. We build a unique data set comprising the population of over eight...

This study examines the growth in private equity backed portfolio companies in the UK over the period from 1995 to 2012 using a dataset selected from the population of private and public companies in the UK including companies that received private equity backing. On the basis of real cumulative...

Existing evidence on the impact of PE ownership on portfolio company growth and performance focuses predominantly on the post buyout PE holding period. Using a sample of over 1,200 realized UK PE buyouts, we track the performance of target firms after the PE exit. We study average portfolio...

Academic literature has shed light on many ways in which private equity (PE) investment can stimulate growth and performance improvements in portfolio companies. This article relates to the exporting behaviour of target firms. Specifically, we address the following questions: Is there evidence...