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New Outside Blockholders, Performance, and Governance in Germany -- Equity Ownership, Agency Problems and Shareholder Wealth: Understanding the Unique Role of Corporate Block Owners -- Minority Equity Ownership and Value Creation: The Role of Corporate Relatedness -- Concluding Remarks.

This paper offers a quantitative description of European private equity markets and compares the recent development in these markets with the development of the US venture capital market. Moreover, the paper addresses the differences between private equity investors acting in a single national...