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How to Unlock Value in Founder-Investor Partnerships
Culture de l’entreprise Magazine ArticleTake these steps to move from trepidation to trust. -
How VCs Can Create a Winning Investment Thesis
Digital ArticleVenture capital isn’t about playing the odds—it’s about rewriting them. -
Successful Private Equity Firms Manage Talent Differently
Talent management Digital ArticleThese seven principles help PE firms turn talk into action. -
Private Equity Needs a New Talent Strategy
Private equity Magazine ArticleHigher interest rates and competition have changed the nature of the business. Now the industry must find a new approach to developing leaders. -
What You Need to Know as a Young, Black Startup Founder
Start-ups POVThe obstacles you can expect to confront, and how to overcome them. -
How to Attract the Right Shareholders
Fundraising Digital ArticleInstead of casting a wide net, try a more strategic approach. -
Research: What Happens When Private Equity Firms Buy Hospitals?
Mergers and acquisitions ResearchA study of 42 leveraged buyouts produced surprising findings that should guide policy reforms. -
Managing Shareholders in the Age of Stakeholder Capitalism
Finance and investing Digital ArticleHow to identify and attract investors who will support your long-term, stakeholder-focused plans. -
Private Equity Should Take the Lead in Sustainability
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleDespite their reputation in the 1980s as corporate raiders, most private equity firms attempt to improve the performance of their portfolio companies... -
The CEO of New Mountain Capital on Using PE Management to Ignite Growth
Private equity Magazine ArticleThe unique benefits of private equity investment -
To Make Deals in the Middle Market, Private Equity Needs Cultural Literacy
Private equity Digital ArticleDoing business starts with building mutual trust and respect. -
Establish a Productive Private Equity Partnership
Private equity Digital ArticleDeals ultimately succeed or fail because of the people involved. -
Private Equity’s Mid-Life Crisis
Strategy Digital ArticleAs the 50-year-old industry matures, investment returns are falling. Here’s why — and where to go from here. -
Does Business Need a New Model?
Organizational Development Digital ArticleCritics charge that in today's heavily traded capital markets, executives are increasingly incentivized to manage in tiny, short-term windows, with an... -
The Role of Private Equity in Driving Up Health Care Prices
Competitive strategy Digital ArticleIt prioritizes short-term profits over patients’ health. -
Corporate Governance Should Combine the Best of Private Equity and Family Firms
Corporate governance Digital ArticleA hybrid model can balance the short term with long-term continuity. -
The Mistakes PE Firms Make When They Pick CEOs for Portfolio Companies
Organizational Development Digital ArticleThey overvalue smarts and urgency. -
Private Equity’s New Phase
Corporate governance Digital ArticleMore and more companies today are privately held. -
How Private Equity Firms Hire CEOs
Employee performance management Magazine ArticleThey do it a lot and have learned what to look for. -
Private Equity Can Make Firms More Innovative
I+D Digital ArticleA new paper shows how leveraged buyouts lead to more patents.
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RedBird Capital Partners
Management Case Study11.95View Details In July 2024, Gerry Cardinale, the founder and managing partner of RedBird Capital Partners ('RedBird') has helped orchestrate a high-profile deal in... -
Untapped Global: Financing Africa's Missing Middle
Management Case Study11.95View Details In November 2024, Jim Chu, founder and CEO of Untapped Global, faced mounting internal tensions over the company's strategic direction. Untapped had developed... -
NutriTec Board Meeting: A Minor Business Unit with a Major Problem?
Management Case Study11.95View Details This simulation setting is a board meeting in a hypothetical scenario involving allegations that the supply chain for fish used to produce pet food involves... -
The Hidden Game: Uncovering the Business of Sports
Management Case Study8.95View Details The global sports industry extends far beyond the matches and events witnessed by spectators. This study uncovers the intricate business ecosystem underlying... -
Balancing Returns and Responsibilities at Raya Partners
Management Case Study11.95View Details Raya Partners, a private equity firm, faces a crucial decision regarding Asa Specialty Coatings Company (ASCC). The dilemma involves shifting ASCC's manufacturing... -
Jazz: The Journey Towards Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Management Case Study11.95View Details Over a decade ago, Jazz, Pakistan's largest data operator, embarked on a transformative journey toward fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)... -
Entrepreneurship through acquisition: Vanessa Monestel's search fund
Management Case Study11.95View Details GENEVA (SWITZERLAND), OCTOBER 2023. Vanessa Monestel was ecstatic. a day earlier, she had just signed the letter of intent (LOI) to acquire an Amsterdam-based... -
Entrepreneurship through acquisition: Sébastien Perroud and the IAR Group
Management Case Study11.95View Details GENEVA (SWITZERLAND), AUGUST 2021. There was a lot at stake for Sébastien. This was the culmination of his 18-month NCA supported search journey to find... -
Edizione
Management Case Study11.95View Details This case study examines the diversification and transformation of Edizione, the Benetton family's holding company originally established to reinvest... -
Sacoor Brothers: From Co-Family CEOs to No Family CEOs?
Management Case Study11.95View Details Sacoor Brothers, a luxury clothing retail company, was founded in 1989 in Lisbon, Portugal, by four brothers-Malik, Salim, Rahimo, and Moez. After establishing... -
SWEN Blue Ocean: Impact Investing Goes to Sea
Management Case Study11.95View Details In August 2023, SWEN Blue Ocean, a 170 million euro impact fund that invested in startups contributing to ocean sustainability, faced a critical investment... -
Town Center at King of Prussia
Management Case Study11.95View Details Basha Augustyn, a financial analyst at Retail Development Co. (RDC), has been tasked with evaluating a potential partnership with Lifetime Insurance for... -
Body Shop: In Search of a Corporate Parent to Revive the Brand
Management Case Study11.95View Details In early 2024, The Body Shop International Ltd. (Body Shop) filed for administration, the UK equivalent of a bankruptcy. Aurelius Group (Aurelius), a... -
Jacqueline Cook at Vendasta: Debating an IPO
Management Case Study11.95View Details In May 2021, after a surge in demand for digital services that prompted high valuations for startups across the Canadian tech sector, Saskatchewan-based... -
Caesars Entertainment: Governance on the Road to Bankruptcy
Management Case Study11.95View Details Caesars Entertainment was a large casino operator in the United States that had been purchased in a 2008 leveraged buyout by Apollo and TPG. In January... -
An Introduction to Equity Residual Cash Flow
Management Case Study8.95View Details This technical note introduces the concept of equity cash flow or equity residual cash flow. The note provides an explicit comparison between free cash... -
Qin Capital: A Leading Family Office from China
Management Case Study11.95View Details Vitality Pharmaceuticals is a leading traditional Chinese medicine manufacturer in China co-founded by Dr. Qin Tao and his father Dr. Qin Chang. Qin Capital... -
East Rock Capital: "Talent is the Best Asset Class"
Management Case Study11.95View Details Adam Shapiro and Graham Duncan launched East Rock Capital, LLC in 2006 with a seed investment from Stuart Miller, executive chairman of Lennar Corporation.... -
Can Families Conquer Private Equity? Pritzker Private Capital
Management Case Study11.95View Details Anthony (Tony) Pritkzer, Paul Carbone, and the Pritzker Private Capital (PPC) team wondered how to approach the firm's next phase of growth. PPC was a...
