Book contents
- Corporate Governance and Responsible Investment in Private Equity
- International Corporate Law and Financial Market Regulation
- Corporate Governance and Responsible Investment in Private Equity
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I How Should Private Equity Governance Systems Look?
- Part II What Actually Happens?
- Part III Corporate Governance Regulation in the United Kingdom and Private Equity’s Response
- Part IV How Governance Can Affect Corporate Performance
- 9 How Do Academics Explain Private Equity Outperformance?
- 10 Improving Governance to Improve Performance
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
9 - How Do Academics Explain Private Equity Outperformance?
from Part IV - How Governance Can Affect Corporate Performance
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 November 2020
Book contents
- Corporate Governance and Responsible Investment in Private Equity
- International Corporate Law and Financial Market Regulation
- Corporate Governance and Responsible Investment in Private Equity
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I How Should Private Equity Governance Systems Look?
- Part II What Actually Happens?
- Part III Corporate Governance Regulation in the United Kingdom and Private Equity’s Response
- Part IV How Governance Can Affect Corporate Performance
- 9 How Do Academics Explain Private Equity Outperformance?
- 10 Improving Governance to Improve Performance
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter first considers the existing academic evidence that private equity-backed companies outperform their peers and then looks at standard explanations for this outperformance.It is argued that existing explanations are inadequate.
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021