Value creation drivers in private equity buyouts: Empirical evidence from Europe

Journal of Private Equity

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 17-27

  Achleitner, Ann Kristin ^a   Braun, Reiner ^a   Engel, Nico ^a   Figge, Christian ^a   Tappeiner, Florian ^a  

^a TUM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

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EID: 77956307596     PISSN: 10965572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3905/JPE.2010.13.2.017     Document Type: Article

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