Private equity

Times 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 […]

They don’t use the financial tools they learned in B-school.

Higher interest rates and competition have changed the nature of the business. Now the industry must find a new approach to developing leaders.

Here’s how.

A hybrid model can balance the short term with long-term continuity.

Doing business starts with building mutual trust and respect.

A 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...

When 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...

A study of 42 leveraged buyouts produced surprising findings that should guide policy reforms.

A new paper shows how leveraged buyouts lead to more patents.

Private-equity firms routinely achieve eye-popping returns on the businesses they operate. Their secret? A relentless focus on four management disciplines.

Private equity investors in Asia are fine-tuning the art of the turnaround using three principal strategies.

It prioritizes short-term profits over patients' health.

The huge sums that private equity firms make on their investments evoke admiration and envy. Typically, these returns are attributed to the firms' aggressive...

In good times and bad, the top private equity firms have outperformed most businesses over the past forty years–even during down cycles. Clearly, PE firms have had to adjust their deal flow but the way that leading players operate their portfolio companies serves as a model for public firms, especially during an economic squeeze. That’s […]

With private equity buyouts and acquisitions on the rise, we turned to Harvard Business School professor Josh Lerner, a longtime observer and researcher of the private equity market, to shed light on the management impact that these deals are having on corporate executives. Lerner shares three core take-aways from the private equity school of management. […]

More and more companies today are privately held.

How to identify and attract investors who will support your long-term, stakeholder-focused plans.

Deals ultimately succeed or fail because of the people involved.

Twelve years ago, in 2010, the private equity firm New Mountain Capital acquired a little-known Wisconsin software company, RedPrairie, for $565 million....