Venture Capital, Private Equity, and the Financing of Entrepreneurship

Name: Venture Capital, Private Equity, and the Financing of Entrepreneurship
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ISBN: 9780470591437

ISBN-10: 0470591439

ISBN-13: 9780470591437

Edition: 2012

Authors: Josh Lerner, Ann Leamon, Felda Hardymon

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Description:

This textbook will provide a comprehensive overview of the world of active investing. An introductory chapter will motivate the book and tell the story of the venture capital and private equity industries. The book follows the cycle of active investing. Raising funds, considering transactions, structuring and overseeing transactions, and exiting investments are considered in turn. The focus is not just on the U.S. market, but on the increasingly global nature of these activities. The book looks at active investors as businesses themselves and introduces the key features of these firms. How groups grapple with questions of scaling and internationalization and the disruptive impact of market…

Book details

List price: $206.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Limited
Publication date: 2/20/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 464
Size: 7.90" wide x 9.90" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 2.618
Language: English

Josh Lerner is the Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking at Harvard Business School, with a joint appointment in the Finance and the Entrepreneurial Management Units, and a research associate and codirector of the Productivity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship Program at the NBER.



Preface


Acknowledgements


About the Authors



Introduction



The Private Equity Cycle - Fund Raising & Fund Choosing



Deal Sourcing and Evaluation - Not as Easy as it Looks



Assigning Value



Deal Structuring - Private Equity Securities and Their Motivation



After the Money Arrives?



Getting Liquid: Exits and Distributions



The Globalization of Venture Capital and Private Equity



Risk and return



The Impact of Private Equity on Society - Does This Really Matter Anyway?



People, Positions and Culture: The Management of the Private Equity Firm



Scaling and Institutionalization



Boom and Bust



Wrapping Up


Glossary


Index