Bierman Private Equity

Transforming Public Stock to Create Value
1. Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-0-471-45589-9
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 212 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Wiley Finance Editions

Praise for Private Equity
"Harold Bierman has blended an excellent mix of importantprinciples with real case study examples for a better understandingon a rather sophisticated finance subject."
-Edward M. Dudley, Vice President & General Auditor, ABBAmericas
"The role of private equity firms in financing buyouts as well asproviding growth capital has expanded significantly in the pastdecade. In a clear, concise way, Harold Bierman provides a timelyand astute analysis of the virtues of private equity as well ascreative quantitative methodologies that are applicable toreal-life transactions. This book should become essential readingfor investors, intermediaries, financial advisors and themanagement of private, almost private, or soon-to-be privatefirms."
-James A. Rowan Jr., Managing Director, Investment Banking
Legg Mason Wood Walker, Inc.
"As the private equity asset class has grown to over $300 billionin the last three years, Bierman analyzes the fundamentals behindthe investment decisions of this increasingly important sector.Once completing the book, you will understand the fundamentalanalytical framework underlying private equity investment."
-Peter Nolan, Partner, Leonard Green and Partners
"In looking at the private equity arena, Professor Bierman hasbrought together a diverse group of metrics and valuation formulasinto a single text. The book provides a valuable combination ofacademic theory and real-life case studies. It provides manyinsights."
-Peter H. Vogel, Vice President, MeadWestvaco Corporation

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bierman, Harold

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Many Virtues of Private Equity.
Valuing the Target Firm.
Structuring and Selling the Deal.
A Changed Dividend Policy.
A Changed Capital Structure.
Merchant Banking.
Operations: The Other Factor.
The Many Virtues of Going Public.
A Partial LBO: Almost Private Equity.
Metromedia.
LBO of RJR Nabisco (1988).
Marietta Corporation (1994-1996).
The Managerial Buy-out of United States Can Company (2000).
Phillips Petroleum, Mesa and Icahn (1984-1985).
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation (1986).

Über Autor(innen)

HAROLD BIERMAN Jr. has been a member of the Cornell faculty since1956, and has taught at Louisiana State University, the Universityof Michigan, and the University of Chicago. He was a recipient ofthe annual Dow Jones Award from the American Assembly of CollegiateSchools of Business for outstanding contributions to collegiatebusiness education. In 1985 Bierman served as ascholar-in-residence at the investment banking firm ofPrudential-Bache and in 1990 he served as a Senior Academic Fellowat the Financial Accounting Standards Board. His industrialexperience includes consulting with Corning Corporation, EastmanKodak, Emerson Electric Co., IBM, AT&T, Anheuser-Busch, andXerox Corp. Bierman is the author of twenty-six books, includingCorporate Financial Strategy and Decision Making to IncreaseShareholder Value (Wiley) and more than 160 journal articles.