Private equity
From Library of Congress Subject Headings
Private equity
- Here are entered works on investments that involve the purchase of equity in a private company at any stage of the company's existence.
URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001009216
- info:lc/authorities/sh2001009216
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh2001009216#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
Collection Membership(s)
Variants
- Equity, Private
Broader Terms
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Sources
- found: Work cat.: Sharp, G. European private equity, c2001: p. 1 (private equity: the provision of equity capital to companies whose shares are not listed on a recognised stock exchange) pp. 3-6 (private equity transactions include seed capital/seed corn, start-up, early stage, development (or expansion) capital, replacement capital, management buy-out (MBO), management buy-in (MBI), buy-in/buy-out, institutional buy-out (IBO), secondary buy-out, rescue/turnaround)
- found: Galante's venture capital & private equity directory, 2001: p. 9 (private equity: use of the phrase dates to the late 1980's when it was first used as an alternative term for leveraged buyouts; now used "to describe any investment strategy that involves the purchase of equity in a private company. Along with leveraged buyouts, these strategies include venture capital investments, distressed debt investments, and mezzanine debt financings")
- found: The journal of private equity.
- found: Directory of private equity investors.
- notfound: Downes, J. Barron's fin. & invest. hdbk., c1995;Web. 3;Blackwell encyclopedic dict. of fin., 1997;Dict. of fin. and banking, 1997;Clark, J.O.E. Intl. dict. of banking and fin., c1999
General Notes
- Here are entered works on investments that involve the purchase of equity in a private company at any stage of the company's existence.
Change Notes
- 2001-07-31: new
- 2001-09-24: revised
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