A theory of private equity turnarounds

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 629-646

  Cuny, Charles J ^a   Talmor, Eli ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Leverage buyouts; Private equity; Takeovers

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548080958     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2007.04.006     Document Type: Article

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