Während Beteiligungskapital in den anglo-amerikanischen Ländern seit vielen Jahren aktiv ist, hat sich in Deutschland erst langsam eine breite Debatte über seine Chancen und Risiken entwickelt, angetrieben durch mehrere spektakuläre Unternehmenskäufe.Insbesondere viele Beschäftigte...

Cross-border private equity deals have increased substantially in recent years. This study looks at the issue of how European investors view their local counterparts in the portfolio companies’ home countries. If they regard them as rivals, they will target countries that lack a private equity...

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the making of markets. The paper identifies two ideal-typical processes in which markets are made - organized making and spontaneous making - which are often combined in reality. Organized making is defined as a process in which at least two actors come...