| Foreword I | 7 |
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| Foreword II | 10 |
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| Acknowledgements | 12 |
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| Brief Contents | 14 |
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| Table of Contents | 15 |
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| List of Figures | 23 |
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| List of Tables | 30 |
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| List of Abbreviations | 33 |
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| Abstract | 36 |
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| 1 Introduction | 40 |
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| 1.1 Background of Research | 40 |
| 1.2 Problem Statement | 41 |
| 1.3 Need for Study | 43 |
| 1.5 Scope and Limitations | 45 |
| 1.6 Organization of Research | 46 |
| 2 Literature Review | 48 |
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| 2.1 Definitions and the Buyout Process | 48 |
| 2.2 The Buyout Controversy - Alleviating Common Beliefs | 56 |
| 2.3 Agency Theory of Leveraged Buyouts | 58 |
| 2.4 Strategic Management View of Leveraged Buyouts | 60 |
| 2.5 Value Creation in Leveraged Buyouts | 62 |
| 2.6 Value Destruction in Acquisitions and Leveraged Buyouts | 77 |
| 3 Methodology and Research Design | 81 |
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| 3.1 Research Goal of the Study | 81 |
| 3.2 Research Object of the Study | 83 |
| 3.3 Research Model | 89 |
| 3.4 General Hypotheses | 95 |
| 3.5 Performance Evaluation | 95 |
| IEV | 100 |
| 3.6 Empirical Approach | 106 |
| \i | 114 |
| o 1 | 114 |
| o | 114 |
| 3.7 Research Methodology and Data Analysis | 121 |
| 4 Empirical Part I - Market and Financial Value Drivers | 126 |
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| 4.1 Introduction | 126 |
| 4.2 Control Population Overview | 127 |
| 4.3 Leveraged Buyout Deal Performance | 164 |
| 4.4 Leveraged Buyout Deal vs. Public Market | 164 |
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| 4.5 Leveraged Buyout Value Attribution Analysis | 272 |
| 4.6 Conclusions | 282 |
| 5 Empirical Part II - The GP Firm and Manager Effect | 287 |
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| 5.1 Introduction | 287 |
| 5.2 Investment Manager and General Partner Firm Characteristics | 288 |
| 5.3 Modeling the Buyout Firm Experience Effect | 349 |
| 5.4 Conclusions | 360 |
| 6 Empirical Part III - Buyout Strategies | 362 |
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| 6.1 Introduction | 362 |
| 6.2 Target Company Characteristics | 379 |
| 6.3 Deal Decisions and Characteristics | 392 |
| 6.4 Acquisition Process and Strategic Events | 406 |
| 6.5 Modelling Buyout Characteristics, Decisions and Strategic Events | 415 |
| 6.6 Conclusions | 423 |
| 7 Summary and Conclusions | 425 |
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| 7.1 Summary of Study's Key Findings | 425 |
| 7.2 Contributions to Research and Applications to Practice | 446 |
| 7.3 Limitations of Study and Areas of Future Research | 452 |
| 8 Appendices | 454 |
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| 9 Bibliography | 472 |