Advanced Introduction to Private Equity

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Advanced Introduction to Private Equity is written by Gompers, Paul A. and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1800372183 (ISBN 10) and 9781800372184 (ISBN 13).

This Advanced Introduction provides an illustrative guide to private equity, integrating insights from academic research with examples to derive practical recommendations. Paul Gompers and Steven Kaplan begin by reviewing the history of private equity then exploring the evidence on performance of private equity investments at both the portfolio company level and fund level, documenting the creation of economic value. The book then presents a set of actionable frameworks for driving value creation in private equity investments. It concludes by examining how private equity investors raise funds and how they successfully manage their private equity firms.