Private equity investors
An introduction
by Malte Brettel / Christian Kauffmann / Christian Kühn / Christina Sobczak
Description
Finance investors, knights in shining armour, enterprise hunters or financial locusts - what role do private equity companies have? What are buyouts really, being the main form of transaction these investors undertake? The goal of this textbook is to give an academically sound and comprehensive insight into the work of private equity investors to students and interested readers. Step by step the work describes the investors decision making process concerning buyouts and gives a thorough insight into the motivations of private equity companies.
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Author Biography
Prof. Dr. Brettel is economics professor for engineers and scientists at the RWTH Aachen; Christian Kaufmann is doctoral candidate. Dr. Sobczak and Dr. Kühn work as investment professionals in a private equity company.
W. Kohlhammer GmbH
Kohlhammer is a traditional publishing house located in southern Germany and was established in 1866. It is one of Germany’s principal academic publishing houses and is active in a large variety of academic areas. Making quality information available to professionals, the academia as well as to an interested and informed public has been and remains Kohlhammer’s ambition. Kohlhammer’s areas of expertise include:History, Theology, Religious Studies, Cultural Studies, Philosophy, Ethics, Economics as well as Psychology, Pedagogy, Special Education, Medicine and Health Care and Law.
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- Publisher W. Kolhammer GmbH
- Publication Date February 2008
- Publication Country or regionGermany
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 16 EUR
- Pages128
- ReadershipProfessional and Scholarly
- Publish StatusPublished
- EditionFirst Edition
- Dimensions23,2 x 15,5 cm
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