Essays about: "private equity financial crisis"
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1. Did Private Equity-Backed Firms Outperform Operationally During Covid-19?
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomiAbstract : Do private equity (PE) backed companies perform better operationally in a non-financial crisis? By analyzing PE-backed firms in the UK during Covid-19 using fixed effects difference-in-differences, our findings suggest that private equity-backed companies' performance decreased significantly more at the onset of the crisis and increased their leverage but recovered faster both with greater magnitude and significance. PE-backed companies thus seem to handle an operationally-sided crisis better over time but are more exposed to them initially. READ MORE
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2. Private Equity: The Secret Sauce for Pandemic-Proof Performance or Just Another Quarantine Regret? How PE-backed companies performed during COVID-19 pandemic compared to non-PE-backed companies
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomiAbstract : This study utilizes a dataset comprising 99 private equity-backed firms and 317 non-private equity-backed firms in Sweden to investigate whether private equity-backed firms were more resilient during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to similar firms using difference-in-differences method. Our findings indicate that private equity-backed firms experienced a significant increase in investment, credit, and equity inflows, and exhibited better operational performance when compared to similar firms in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak. READ MORE
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3. Weathering the Storm: A Difference-in-Differences Study on Nordic Private Equity Performance and M&A Activity During the Covid-19 Pandemic
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomiAbstract : Using financial data for Nordic private equity-backed companies, this paper investigates the performance and M&A activity of private equity-owned firms during the covid-19 pandemic. The results show that sales, investments and the number of add-on acquisitions increased significantly for private equity-owned firms compared to their peers in 2020 and 2021. READ MORE
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4. Private Equity-Owned Companies and COVID-19: A Study of Financial Decisions and Operational Performance
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansieringAbstract : This study aims to investigate the differences in financial decisions and operational performance of PE-backed companies relative to non-PE-backed companies during COVID-19. Our main analysis is conducted with a difference-in-differences model using a sample of 181 PE-owned companies and 850 matched companies headquartered in the United Kingdom. READ MORE
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5. The Impact of Private Equity on Firm Resilience and Performance During Crisis: A Study of Portfolio Companies in Sweden
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomiAbstract : Do PE-backed firms contribute to financial stability, and do PE-backed firms perform superior compared to their non-PE-backed peers during crises? These are the two central questions of this paper when company data from 2004 - 2010 is examined for the Swedish market amid the Great Recession, 2008. A sample of 79 PE-backed and 129 non-PE-backed firms are compared. READ MORE
