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What Every Company Can Learn from Private Equity
Private equity Magazine ArticleSix practices that help leaders unlock value. -
How Middle-Market Companies Can Find the Best Leadership Talent
Talent management Digital ArticleThree steps to address the issue of frequent CEO turnover. -
How Private Equity Firms Are Creating Value with AI
AI and machine learning Digital ArticleGiven their mandate to create value in a relatively short time frame, PE firms offer a unique perspective on how to drive innovation in this area. -
How to Unlock Value in Founder-Investor Partnerships
Business history Magazine ArticleTake these steps to move from trepidation to trust. -
How VCs Can Create a Winning Investment Thesis
Venture capital Digital ArticleVenture capital isn’t about playing the odds—it’s about rewriting them. -
Successful Private Equity Firms Manage Talent Differently
Talent management Digital ArticleThese seven principles help PE firms turn talk into action. -
Private Equity Needs a New Talent Strategy
Finance and investing Magazine ArticleHigher interest rates and competition have changed the nature of the business. Now the industry must find a new approach to developing leaders. -
What You Need to Know as a Young, Black Startup Founder
Start-ups POVThe obstacles you can expect to confront, and how to overcome them. -
How to Attract the Right Shareholders
Fundraising Digital ArticleInstead of casting a wide net, try a more strategic approach. -
Research: What Happens When Private Equity Firms Buy Hospitals?
Mergers and acquisitions ResearchA study of 42 leveraged buyouts produced surprising findings that should guide policy reforms. -
Managing Shareholders in the Age of Stakeholder Capitalism
Finance and investing Digital ArticleHow to identify and attract investors who will support your long-term, stakeholder-focused plans. -
Private Equity Should Take the Lead in Sustainability
Finance and investing Magazine ArticleHere’s how. -
The CEO of New Mountain Capital on Using PE Management to Ignite Growth
Private equity Magazine ArticleThe unique benefits of private equity investment -
To Make Deals in the Middle Market, Private Equity Needs Cultural Literacy
Private equity Digital ArticleDoing business starts with building mutual trust and respect. -
Establish a Productive Private Equity Partnership
Private equity Digital ArticleDeals ultimately succeed or fail because of the people involved. -
Private Equity’s Mid-Life Crisis
Strategy Digital ArticleAs the 50-year-old industry matures, investment returns are falling. Here’s why — and where to go from here. -
The Role of Private Equity in Driving Up Health Care Prices
Competitive strategy Digital ArticleIt prioritizes short-term profits over patients’ health. -
Corporate Governance Should Combine the Best of Private Equity and Family Firms
Corporate governance Digital ArticleA hybrid model can balance the short term with long-term continuity. -
Private Equity’s New Phase
Corporate governance Digital ArticleMore and more companies today are privately held. -
How Private Equity Firms Hire CEOs
Employee performance management Magazine ArticleThey do it a lot and have learned what to look for.
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Despegar: L Catterton Investment
Mergers and acquisitions Case Study11.95View Details In 2024, Despegar, a leading Latin American online travel agency, faced a pivotal capital structure decision. Four years earlier, at the height of the... -
Eu Yan Sang: Institutionalisation of a Century-Old Heritage Company
Change management Case Study11.95View Details Richard Eu Yee Ming was the CEO of Eu Yan Sang International, a leading health and wellness company in Singapore. Founded in 1879 by Eu's great-grandfather,... -
An Introduction to Private Equity Secondaries
Private equity Case Study8.95View Details This technical note introduce readers to two types of secondary market transactions in the private equity space: limited-partner-led (LP-led) secondaries... -
WeWork: From Unicorn to Bankruptcy
Change management Case Study11.95View Details WeWork, once one of the most valuable start-ups in history, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in November 2023. An innovator in the commercial... -
Apollo Global Management
Entrepreneurial business strategy Case Study11.95View Details Apollo Global Management-long known for opportunistic private-equity deals-has morphed into an insurance-anchored credit powerhouse after fully acquiring... -
Kinnar Akhārā: An LGBTQ+ Community Facing a Leadership Crisis
Crisis communication Case Study11.95View Details In January 2025, Dr. Laxmi Narayan Tripathi, the superior leader of Kinnar Akhāṛā (KA), a Hindu organization of transgender people, announced the ordination... -
TfL Pension Fund and the 2022 Gilt Market Crisis
Accounting Case Study11.95View Details On September 27, 2022, Padmesh Shukla, CIO of the Transport for London (TfL) Pension Fund, was keeping a careful eye on the turmoil in the U.K. sovereign... -
The Venetian Resort: Frontline Engagement as Value Driver
Compensation and benefits Case Study11.95View Details In the aftermath of the COVID pandemic, private equity firm Apollo Global Management completed the acquisition of The Venetian Resort, one of the most... -
Private Debt: An Introduction
Private equity Case Study8.95View Details Since the global financial crisis (GFC), institutional investors have increasingly included private debt in their broader portfolios. Private debt refers... -
Private Debt and a University's Endowment Portfolio Decision
Private equity Case Study11.95View Details This fictional case is written from the perspective of Benjamin Owens, an investment director at Blue Ridge Mountain University (BRMU). Owens is a member... -
Supera Capital: How to Make the Most of a Portfolio Company's Growth Potential: Balancing the Investment Period Against the Life Cycle of a Private Equity Fund
Private equity Case Study11.95View Details Phillipe Cera, Managing Partner, had been with SUPERA CAPITAL, a leading private equity firm in Southern European countries, since 2000. In early February... -
Shore Capital Partners: 2025
Leadership Case Study5.00View Details This supplement updates the case Shore Capital Partners: The Next Ten Years -
Japan Industrial Partners Powers the Leveraged Buyout of Toshiba
Accounting Case Study11.95View Details The case explores Japan Industrial Partners (JIP) $14 billion takeover of Toshiba Corporation (Toshiba). JIP was a private equity firm that took over... -
Colruyt: Structuring a Leveraged Buyout
Corporate finance Case Study11.95View Details This case proposes the structuring of a potential Leveraged Buy Out (LBO) of Colruyt, a Belgian supermarket chain based in Belgium, France and Luxembourg.... -
Navigating the impact investing landscape: history, trends, and future directions
Business and society Case Study8.95View Details This note explores the evolving landscape of impact investing, which seeks to integrate financial returns with social and environmental benefits. Originating... -
dss+: Carving out a sustainability consulting leader
Corporate governance Case Study11.95View Details The case examines the entrepreneur-led carve out and buyout of dss+, DuPont's safety and sustainability consulting division, by Gyrus Capital and dss+... -
RedBird Capital Partners
Finance and investing Case Study11.95View Details In July 2024, Gerry Cardinale, the founder and managing partner of RedBird Capital Partners ('RedBird') has helped orchestrate a high-profile deal in... -
Arsenal Capital Partners' Refinancing of Pinnacle
Finance and investing Case Study11.95View Details Arsenal Capital Partners' portfolio company, Pinnacle, a leading producer of high-performance adhesive technologies, has experienced rapid growth under... -
Untapped Global: Financing Africa's Missing Middle
Developing countries Case Study11.95View Details In November 2024, Jim Chu, founder and CEO of Untapped Global, faced mounting internal tensions over the company's strategic direction. Untapped had developed... -
NutriTec Board Meeting: A Minor Business Unit with a Major Problem?
Corporate governance Case Study11.95View Details This simulation setting is a board meeting in a hypothetical scenario involving allegations that the supply chain for fish used to produce pet food involves...
