Venture Capital and Private Equity: A Casebook
by Ann Leamon, Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner
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Author: Ann Leamon, Felda Hardymon, Josh LernerEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-05-02
ISBN: 0470224622
Number of pages: 560
Publisher: Wiley
Accessories:
- Venture Capital and the Finance of Innovation
- Valuation: Mergers, Buyouts and Restructuring (Wiley Finance)
Book Reviews of Venture Capital and Private Equity: A Casebook
Book Review: Good with Potential for Greatness
Summary: 3 Stars
This book is good, primarily because it has no real competition as so little is written on the subject.
It provides a brief introduction to private equity in the first few pages and goes into case studies thereafter, with a few 'notes' re: private equity in between the case studies.
Case studies are useful for getting a 'feel' for how the private equity process works if you are (i) an investment banking analyst or other professional planning to make the jump into a private equity analyst/associate position or (ii) an MBA student who wants to understand or jump into a private equity associate position. So for doing that, I'd give it a 3-star 'good' rating.
I rate it a 3 because, while it largely succeeds in its own stated goal of being a 'case book', it fails to do what the only real text book on private equity should be doing: analyzing the profession in terms of: (i) its evolution, (ii) strategy re: the private equity group, (iii) strategy re: the private equity group's portfolio companies, (iii) its effects on the economy, employees, government/taxes, society (iv) comparison of the private equity ownership structure vs. other ownership structures (e.g. public corporations, owner-operated companies, conglomerates, wealthy family holding companies), (v) analysis of private equity critcisms, (vi) alternative forms (e.g. SWFs, IFC), (vii) developing markets, and (viii) future. Academics seem to find themselves oddly content not to discuss this industry in any real depth. I believe part of this has to do with their involvement in somewhat unobjective, case study oriented MBA programs that take a 'cookie cutter' approach to educating their students, but I digress.
3 stars. 5 stars, if Lerner does what he should do and makes a private equity book that is analytical and forward-thinking.
Summary of Venture Capital and Private Equity: A Casebook
The private equity and venture capital industry has become a leading pillar of modern investment, growing from $5 billion in 1980 to more than $530 billion in 2006. Yet many of its features remain puzzling even to advanced business students.Whether you are an MBA student, a private equity investor grappling with the industry's changes, or an investor interested in private equity as a potential investment, Venture Capital & Private Equity: A Casebook, Fourth Edition will shed light on the history and workings of this complex area and prepare you for a career in the prestigious and profitable world of venture capital and private equity.
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