London Business School Coller Institute of Private Equity

IS THE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE OF LBOS EFFECTIVE?

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by: Cornelli F, Karakas O

06/02/2008

Private Equity and Corporate Governance: Do LBOs have More Effective Boards

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by: Cornelli F, Karakas O

01/02/2008

This paper looks at the size, composition and evolution over time of boards. The authors find that the role of the board is crucial in private equity and that studying the boards is a good way to see...

LIMITED PARTNERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF THE CENTRAL EUROPEAN VENTURE CAPITAL AND PRIVATE EQUITY MARKET

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by: Groh AP, Liechtenstein H, Canela MA

01/01/2008

Growth expectations and institutional settings in Central Eastern Europe are assumed to be favorable for the establishment of a vibrant Venture Capital and Private Equity market. Despite this, there...

GLOBALISATION OF ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS - WORKING PAPERS VOLUME 1: THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC IMPACT OF PRIVATE EQUITY REPORT 2008

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by: Gurung A, Lerner J, Achleitner A-K, Cornelli F, Fang L, Leeds R, Stromberg P

01/01/2008

2008 World Economic Forum report looking at the global impact of private equity. The following research is featured: The New Demography of Private Equity; Private Equity and Long-Run Investment: the C...

MORE INSIDERS, MORE INSIDER TRADING: EVIDENCE FROM PRIVATE EQUITY BUYOUTS

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by: Acharya V V, Johnson T

01/11/2007

Recent takeover activity has been characterized by broader participation in acquiror financing on both debt and equity sides. We focus on private equity buyouts, and investigate whether the number of ...

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE EXTERNALITIES

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by: Acharya V V, Volpin P

01/11/2007

We argue that the choice of corporate governance by a firm affects and is affected by the choice of governance by other firms. Firms with weaker governance give higher payoffs to their management to i...

THE PRIVACY OF PRIVATE EQUITY

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by: Higson C

01/11/2007

In developing his code of practice for private equity reporting, Sir David Walker argued vigorously for the right to privacy, particularly about the rewards of senior managers and the partners in priv...

MEASURING AND EXPLAINING MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ACROSS FIRMS AND COUNTRIES

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by: Bloom N, Van Reenen J

01/11/2007

We use an innovative survey tool to collect management practice data from 732 medium-sized firms in the United States, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom.

PRIVATE EQUITY: BOOM AND BUST?

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by: Acharya V V, Franks J R, Servaes H

01/10/2007

The private equity or the leveraged buyout (LBO market has grown enormously over the last two decades. In 1991, new transactions were $10 billion and by the latter part of 2005 and first part of 20...

A THEORY OF PRIVATE EQUITY TURNAROUNDS

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by: Cuny C J, Talmor E

04/09/2007

This paper explores the advantage of private equity in fixing turnaround situations.Meaningful corporate value creationmay require addressing operational problems, replacing management, or changing t...