The Third Phase: Trial and Error with LBOs

Paul Jowett and Francoise Jowett

Chapter 7 in Private Equity, 2011, pp 108-158 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract With so little experience, it was inevitable that mistakes should be made in the early LBO deals: buyouts were as likely to generate complete losses as the early venture capital investments. Two approaches to portfolio building emerged during the 1989–1991 period.

Keywords: Private Equity; Purchase Price; Portfolio Company; American Express; Leverage Buyout (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230308664_7

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