Insight private equity : [Version 18 June 2013]
- We are able to shed light on the black box of restructuring tools private equity investors use to improve the operational performance of their portfolio companies. By building on previous work considering performance evaluation of PE backed companies, we analyze whether private equity improves operating efficiency and which of the typical restructuring tools are the main performance drivers. Using a set of over 300 international leveraged buyout transactions of the last thirty years, we find that while there is vast improvement in operational efficiency, these gains vary considerably. Our top performing transactions are subject to strong equity incentives, frequent asset restructuring and tight control by the investor. Furthermore, investors’ experience has a positive influence while financial leverage has no influence on operational performance.
| Author: | Andrej GillORCiDGND, Nikolai Visnjic |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-305769 |
| URL: | http://ssrn.com/abstract=2281229 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2281229 |
| Parent Title (German): | SAFE working paper series ; No. 23 |
| Series (Serial Number): | SAFE working paper (23) |
| Publisher: | SAFE |
| Place of publication: | Frankfurt am Main |
| Document Type: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
| Year of Completion: | 2013 |
| Year of first Publication: | 2013 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
| Release Date: | 2013/06/28 |
| Tag: | active shareholders; corporate restructuring; leveraged buyouts; operational performance; private equity |
| Issue: | Version 18 June 2013 |
| Page Number: | 37 |
| HeBIS-PPN: | 348848919 |
| Institutes: | Wirtschaftswissenschaften / Wirtschaftswissenschaften |
| Wissenschaftliche Zentren und koordinierte Programme / House of Finance (HoF) | |
| Wissenschaftliche Zentren und koordinierte Programme / Center for Financial Studies (CFS) | |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 3 Sozialwissenschaften / 33 Wirtschaft / 330 Wirtschaft |
| Sammlungen: | Universitätspublikationen |
| Licence (German): |  Deutsches Urheberrecht |
