Why do public firms go private in the UK? The impact of private equity investors, incentive realignment and undervaluation

By Luc Renneboog, T. Simons, Mike Wright. 2007

232 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Accounting

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1. Igor Filatotchev
2. Salim Chahine
3. R. Hoskisson
4. John Arthurs
5. Mike Wright
6. Mike W. Peng
7. Ruth V. Aguilera
8. Garry D. Bruton

Citations in the corpus

• The effects of venture capital syndicate diversity on earnings management and performance of IPOs in the US and UK: An institutional perspective ☆ (2012, background): “They normally engage in later stage investments and buy-outs brokered within their network (Renneboog et al., 2007).”
• Corporate Governance and Value Creation: Evidence from Private Equity (2010, unknown): “In a related paper, Renneboog, Simons, and Wright (2007) examine both the magnitude and sources of the expected shareholder gains in 177 UK public-to-private, transactions from 1997 to 2003.”
• Ownership as a Form of Corporate Governance (2010, unknown): “LBOs may improve corporate governance by reducing agency costs and increasing firm value through improved operating efficiency (Renneboog et al., 2007).”