Exits, performance, and late stage private equity: The Case of UK management buy-outs

European Financial Management

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 560-593

  Jelic, Ranko ^a   Wright, Mike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

IPO; MBO; Operating performance; Private equity; SMBOs

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957575107     PISSN: 13547798     EISSN: 1468036X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-036X.2010.00588.x     Document Type: Article

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