Playing to their strengths? Evidence that specialization in the private equity industry confers competitive advantage

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 647-669

  Cressy, Robert ^a   Munari, Federico ^b   Malipiero, Alessandro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Buyouts; Performance; Private equity; Specialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548055648     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2007.04.007     Document Type: Article

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