Global Best Practice in Private Equity Investing

SINGAPORE - Jan. 15, 2018 - PRLog -- Wiley announces a new publication, Private Equity in Action - Case Studies from Developed and Emerging Markets, which takes readers on a tour of the private equity investment world through a series of case studies written by INSEAD faculty and taught at the world's leading business schools. Allowing readers to apply core concepts in real-life settings, Private Equity in Action contains 19 cases which illustrate the managerial challenges and risk-reward dynamics common to private equity investment. It covers the full spectrum of private equity strategies, including:

• Carve-outs in the US semiconductor industry (LBO)
• Venture investing in the Indian wine industry (VC)
• Investing in SMEs in the Middle East
• Turnaround situations in both emerging and developed markets

Private Equity in Action is a reference for students, investors, finance professionals and business owners looking to engage with private equity firms and the cases in this volume leverage INSEAD's international reach, network and connections, particularly in emerging markets.

As one of the world's leading graduate business schools, INSEAD offers a global educational experience. The cases in this volume leverage its international reach, network and connections, particularly in emerging markets. Written with leading private equity firms and their advisors and rigorously tested in INSEAD's MBA, EMBA and executive education programmes, each case makes for a compelling read.

Private Equity in Action is the companion to Mastering Private Equity: Transformation via Venture Capital, Minority Investments & Buyouts, a reference for students, investors, finance professionals and business owners looking to engage with private equity firms. From deal sourcing to exit, LBOs to responsible investing, operational value creation to risk management, Mastering Private Equity systematically covers all facets of the private equity life cycle and allows readers to apply core concepts to investment targets and portfolio companies in real-life settings.

Private Equity in Action: Case Studies from Developed and Emerging Markets, Mastering Private Equity: Transformation via Venture Capital, Minority Investments and Buyouts and Mastering Private Equity Set are now available at all major bookstores and online book retailers in the region wherever books and e-books are sold. For more information, visit the publisher's website at: http://www.wiley.com/buy/9781119328025

About the authors:

CLAUDIA ZEISBERGER is a Senior Affiliate Professor of Decision Sciences and Entrepreneurship & Family Enterprise at INSEAD, and the Founder and Academic Director of the school's private equity centre (GPEI). Her extensive research on PE in emerging markets leverages her close working relationships with private equity firms and their investee companies, institutional investors, Family Offices and Sovereign Wealth Funds. At INSEAD, she launched 'Managing Corporate Turnarounds', a popular MBA elective known for its intensive computer-based simulation. She is frequently nominated for the MBA 'Best Teaching Award' and has been awarded the "Dean's Commendation for Excellence in MBA Teaching" annually since 2008.

MICHAEL PRAHL is the co-founder of Asia-IO Advisors, a private equity firm focused on implementing Asia and cross-border private equity investment programs for large institutional and corporate investors. Michael has spent almost 20 years in private equity in Europe, the US and Asia. Michael served as the first Executive Director of INSEAD's PE Centre and remains an INSEAD Distinguished Fellow attached to the centre and an Adjunct Professor teaching the MBA Leveraged Buyout elective.

BOWEN WHITE is the Centre Director of INSEAD's private equity centre (GPEI), where he leads its research and outreach activities. He has published on topics including operational value creation, responsible investment, LP portfolio construction and growth equity investments. Bowen is an INSEAD alumnus and has spent his career working in and conducting research on the global alternative asset management industry with a specific focus on the New York hedge fund industry.

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