The authors find that private equity and venture capital funds that employ a proactive
origination strategy have consistently higher returns, driven by both greater quantity and …

Proactivity in deal origination is critical, as it typically yields better results than reactive
approaches. While academia has recognized the superiority of proactive measures over …

Private equity firms control the direction and future of thousands of organizations throughout
the world economy. This dissertation examines the challenges of organizational change …

Organizations have been implementing quality/continuous improvement programs to
improve their processes and products. Not all have been successfully with the various …

As we exit from a large financial crisis that has crumbled financial institutions and other
corporations, private equity has shown to be a focus of many investors and researchers …

The private equity industry was experiencing a phenomenal boom at the turn of the century
but collapsed abruptly in 2008 with the onset of the financial crisis. Considered one of the …

The United States was instrumental in developing the modern private equity phenomenon
and practically exporting it to the rest of the World. But ironically and interestingly, at the time …