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How to Compete for Talent like a Private Equity Firm
Private equity Digital ArticleIf you want to be successful, you have to harness the talent. The top private equity firms have a genius for hiring superior talent. All organizations need great people, but PE measures talent with one test only: performance. It’s not that private equity firms are heartless. Rather, their three- to five-year time horizon doesn’t allow […] -
How Private Equity Firms Infuse a Positive Attitude
Private equity Digital ArticleTimes change and markets transform themselves overnight. The half-life of common wisdom is shorter than ever. But top private equity firms have distilled a set of institutional habits that boost the likelihood of their success. What’s critical to this success? Attitude. PE leaders take pains to foster a “results-oriented mind-set”. In short, that means creating […] -
How to Attract the Right Shareholders
Fundraising Digital ArticleInstead of casting a wide net, try a more strategic approach. -
The Strategic Secret of Private Equity
Private equity Magazine ArticleWhy “buying to sell” can generate a much higher return on investment than the public company practice of “buying to keep” -
Private Equity's Lessons for the Rest of Us
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleA year ago, most of us couldn't name a single asset in the Cerberus Capital Management portfolio. Today, we know them as the private equity firm that... -
What You Need to Know as a Young, Black Startup Founder
The obstacles you can expect to confront, and how to overcome them. -
Private Equity's Long View
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleWhen getting a company ready to sell in the short term, it turns out, PE firms employ many of the best strategy practices--use debt aggressively, focus... -
Do Politics Shape Buyout Performance?
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleA new study of private equity buyouts shows that, on average, U.S. acquisitions made in "red" (Republican) states deliver significantly higher returns... -
Private Equity and the Ownership Decision
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleA few months back I wrote about micro-decisions and how they can add up to macro money. But as a student of decision-making I would be remiss if I didn't... -
Research: What Happens When Private Equity Firms Buy Hospitals?
Mergers and acquisitions ResearchA study of 42 leveraged buyouts produced surprising findings that should guide policy reforms. -
Does Business Need a New Model?
Organizational Development SpotlightCritics charge that in today's heavily traded capital markets, executives are increasingly incentivized to manage in tiny, short-term windows, with an... -
What Private Equity Investors Think They Do for the Companies They Buy
Finance and investing Digital ArticleThey don’t use the financial tools they learned in B-school. -
Private Equity Should Take the Lead in Sustainability
Finance and investing Magazine ArticleHere’s how. -
If Private Equity Sized Up Your Business
Entrepreneurial financing Magazine ArticleBuyout firms would see opportunity for value enhancement in five key areas. Why not beat them to the punch? -
Private Equity Needs a New Talent Strategy
Finance and investing Magazine ArticleHigher interest rates and competition have changed the nature of the business. Now the industry must find a new approach to developing leaders. -
Corporate Governance Should Combine the Best of Private Equity and Family Firms
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleA hybrid model can balance the short term with long-term continuity. -
Private Equity Can Make Firms More Innovative
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleA new paper shows how leveraged buyouts lead to more patents. -
Establish a Productive Private Equity Partnership
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleDeals ultimately succeed or fail because of the people involved. -
Managing Shareholders in the Age of Stakeholder Capitalism
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleHow to identify and attract investors who will support your long-term, stakeholder-focused plans. -
The CEO of New Mountain Capital on Using PE Management to Ignite Growth
Private equity Magazine ArticleThe unique benefits of private equity investment
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Early-Stage Term Sheets
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This note was written as an updated version of "The Early-Stage Term Sheet" (UV2526) and may be used in its place. In seeking funding for an early-stage... -
Privateer Holdings: Navigating a Rocketing, But Complex, Cannabis Marketplace
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Privateer Holdings was a Seattle-based private equity firm that was "shaping the future of the legal cannabis industry." In late 2017, Privateer held... -
The Elcer Products Transaction: Confidential Information for Euro Elektrische Keramische Vorrichtungen (Euro EKV), GmbH
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details In a six-party negotiation exercise, the TNDA Corp. plans to sell the Elcer Products Division to one of four potential buyers (industrial, financial,... -
Valuing Late-Stage Companies and Leveraged Buyouts
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This note replaces "Valuation of Late-Stage Companies and Buyouts" (UVA-F-1639). This note focuses on the valuation of late-stage companies with a particular... -
IFMR Capital: Securitizing Microloans for Non-Bank Investors
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details In 2009 IFMR Capital sought to create new funding options for microfinance institutions by using a structured finance approach to attract a new class... -
Hermitage's Russian Quandary (A)
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details In June 2007, the offices of Russian hedge fund Hermitage Capital were raided by Moscow police; in the months that followed, Hermitage founder Bill Browder... -
Yale University Investments Office
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Yale University's investment office was responsible for managing its endowment, which totaled nearly $4 billion in June 1995. Yale had developed a rather... -
The Elcer Products Transaction: Confidential Information for RubyFibre Enterprises
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details In a six-party negotiation exercise, the TNDA Corp. plans to sell Elcer Products Division to one of four potential buyers (industrial, financial, U.S.,... -
Ramcides: Growing Pains for a Family-Run Business in an Emerging Market
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details During the Holi festival in March 2012, the managing director of Ramcides, a family-run agrochemical business, was considering the path of the company... -
Yale Investments Office: November 2020
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details David Swensen and the Investments Office staff must decide whether to continue to allocate the bulk of the university's endowment to illiquid investments-hedge... -
Bessemer Venture Partners: Century Fund
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details In July of 2021, Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP) contemplated the future of its growth investing practice, known as "Century." While still relatively... -
Lessons from Private Equity Any Company Can Use
Strategy & Execution Book32.00View Details Private equity firms are snapping up brand-name companies and assembling portfolios that make them immense global conglomerates. They're often able to... -
Transforming Tommy Hilfiger (A)
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details At the end of 2005, Tommy Hilfiger is taken private by Apax Partners after years of disappointing performance and strategic impasse. Students are asked... -
3i Group plc: May 2006
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Since 2004, Philip Yea, the first outsider ever to lead 3i Group, one of Europe's largest publicly listed private equity firms, has been trying to help... -
Bain Capital: Outback Steakhouse
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Bain Capital had purchased Outback Steakhouse in 2007 and despite the myriad initiatives to improve operations, the financial collapse in 2008 threatened... -
Carlyle Japan (B)
Sales & Marketing Case Study5.00View Details This is a supplement to the (A) case. It shows that the networks that the firm had been investing in-- commercial banks--were becoming less and less valuable... -
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board: October 2012
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) is one of the largest and fastest-growing pools of investment capital in the world and follows an unusually... -
WORKING CAPITAL IN THE TIME OF COVID-19: CIMPRESS AND THE APOLLO VENTURE DEBT
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details When the COVID pandemic hit developed economies in full swing in the spring of 2020, companies scrambled to make sense of the implications for their business... -
Blackstone Group: Dry Powder in an LBO Drought (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details In late 2016, it had been three years since Blackstone Group Inc. (Blackstone) had completed its last public-to-private leveraged buyout (LBO), and it...
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How to Compete for Talent like a Private Equity Firm
Private equity Digital ArticleIf you want to be successful, you have to harness the talent. The top private equity firms have a genius for hiring superior talent. All organizations need great people, but PE measures talent with one test only: performance. It’s not that private equity firms are heartless. Rather, their three- to five-year time horizon doesn’t allow […] -
Early-Stage Term Sheets
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This note was written as an updated version of "The Early-Stage Term Sheet" (UV2526) and may be used in its place. In seeking funding for an early-stage... -
How Private Equity Firms Infuse a Positive Attitude
Private equity Digital ArticleTimes change and markets transform themselves overnight. The half-life of common wisdom is shorter than ever. But top private equity firms have distilled a set of institutional habits that boost the likelihood of their success. What’s critical to this success? Attitude. PE leaders take pains to foster a “results-oriented mind-set”. In short, that means creating […] -
Privateer Holdings: Navigating a Rocketing, But Complex, Cannabis Marketplace
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Privateer Holdings was a Seattle-based private equity firm that was "shaping the future of the legal cannabis industry." In late 2017, Privateer held... -
The Elcer Products Transaction: Confidential Information for Euro Elektrische Keramische Vorrichtungen (Euro EKV), GmbH
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details In a six-party negotiation exercise, the TNDA Corp. plans to sell the Elcer Products Division to one of four potential buyers (industrial, financial,... -
How to Attract the Right Shareholders
Fundraising Digital ArticleInstead of casting a wide net, try a more strategic approach. -
Valuing Late-Stage Companies and Leveraged Buyouts
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This note replaces "Valuation of Late-Stage Companies and Buyouts" (UVA-F-1639). This note focuses on the valuation of late-stage companies with a particular... -
IFMR Capital: Securitizing Microloans for Non-Bank Investors
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details In 2009 IFMR Capital sought to create new funding options for microfinance institutions by using a structured finance approach to attract a new class... -
Hermitage's Russian Quandary (A)
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details In June 2007, the offices of Russian hedge fund Hermitage Capital were raided by Moscow police; in the months that followed, Hermitage founder Bill Browder...