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Lessons from Private Equity Any Company Can Use (Memo to the CEO)
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 658.15224
EAN: 9781422124956
ISBN: 1422124959
Label: Harvard Business School Press
Manufacturer: Harvard Business School Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 126
Publication Date: February 05, 2008
Publisher: Harvard Business School Press
Studio: Harvard Business School Press
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Private equity firms are snapping up brand-name companies and assembling portfolios that make them immense global conglomerates. They're often able to maximize investor value far more successfully than traditional public companies. How do PE firms become such powerhouses? Learn how, in Lessons from Private Equity Any Company Can Use. Bain chairman Orit Gadiesh and partner Hugh MacArthur use the concise, actionable format of a memo to lay out the five disciplines that PE firms use to attain their edge: · Invest with a thesis using a specific, appropriate 3-5-year goal · Create a blueprint for change--a road map for initiatives that will generate the most value for your company within that time frame· Measure only what matters--such as cash, key market intelligence, and critical operating data· Hire, motivate, and retain hungry managers--people who think like owners· Make equity sweat--by making cash scarce, and forcing managers to redeploy underperforming capital in productive directionsThis is the PE formulate for unleashing a company's true potential.From our new Memo to the CEO series-- solutions-focused advice from today's leading practitioners.
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Rating:  - Helpful look at private equity strategies
CEOs of large public and private companies may not think they have much in common with private equity (PE) investors. After all, CEOs are beholden to their shareholders and boards. Their organizations have multiple layers of management and a conservative mindset that can make change ponderous. Meanwhile, PE investors thrive in a more free-wheeling environment, sizing up their targets and sometimes taking considerable risks in hopes of delivering exceptional financial results. Authors Orit Gadiesh ... Read More
Rating: - Great Book easy read
I read this over the weekend, easy read and a MUST read for everyone in business
Rating: - Business Practices of PE Players for Non-PE Players
Two business experts from Bain & Company believe that successful practices adopted by PE players can be applied to different industries around the world. After having abundant consulting experience of working with PE players, they maintain that there are at least six deceptively simple rules in which PE players set a concrete and inescapable benchmark for corporate performance.
Like other non-PE players, the key objective of PE players is to keep generating attractive returns for ... Read More
Rating: - How to make any business more valuable
This is one of the titles in the "Memo to the CEO" series published by Harvard Business Press, each less than 200 pages in length and superbly produced. In fact, none of them is a "memo" nor were any of them written only for CEOs. In this volume, Orit Gadiesh and Hugh MacArthur explain how to make any business more valuable while acknowledging that the lessons to be learned from the private equity (PE) industry are not rigorously and consistently applied by businesses around the world. Why? ... Read More
Rating:  - Truly Written for C-Level Executives
When I ordered this book, I didn't realize how small and short it would be, so I was a bit caught off guard when it arrived. However, it was densely written and to the point, and chock full of good advice for executives looking to groom their company for a sale in 3-5 years at a multiple of its current value.
The authors state up front that there are 6 key principles or steps in maximizing the value of your company and proceed to do a short chapter on each of these principles, with 1 ... Read More
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