THE STRATEGIC ROLE OF PRIVATE EQUITY IN THE INTERNATIONALIZATION OF ITALIAN SMEs

Andrea Odille Bosio (), Anna Gervasoni () and Francesco Bollazzi ()
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Andrea Odille Bosio: Università Carlo Cattaneo – LIUC, Italy
Anna Gervasoni: Università Carlo Cattaneo – LIUC, Italy
Francesco Bollazzi: Università Carlo Cattaneo – LIUC, Italy

Journal of Financial Management, Markets and Institutions (JFMMI), 2021, vol. 09, issue 02, 1-20

Abstract: The internationalization of the portfolio company is a key strategy used by private equity (PE) investors to create value and produce returns. In recent years, the focus on the strategies for value-creation through operational improvement has become essential to achieve the exponential growth required to the portfolio company, given the low multiples and the market risk of leverage. In this paper, we define the key types of contribution that a PE investor can provide in order to support the internationalization process and their effects on the portfolio company’s performance. The research is based on a survey administered to 47 PE fund managers, which covers 156 deals involving Italian companies. The results offer insight into the contribution to the corporate governance, strategy and management that PE provides in addition to the monetary support. The findings show that the non-financial support given to the portfolio companies has a positive impact on the performance and that the most impactful contribution the PE can give is the support to the relational network when the company strategy involves a foreign direct investment.

Keywords: Private Equity; alternative investments; SMEs; internationalization; FDI; Italy; economic impact; ANOVA; latent Dirichlet allocation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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