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- Contains more than 250 entries contributed by leading scholars and practitioners in the field
- Includes standard definitions, reliable statistics, accurate calculations alongside the most up-to-date research
- Features authors from 20+ countries to produce a truly international volume of private equity
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The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Private Equity is a major reference work which covers more than 250 topics related to private markets, entrepreneurial finance, and alternative investments. It takes an interdisciplinary perspective and brings together contributions from the fields of finance, accounting, entrepreneurship, strategic management, law, human resource management, economics, international management, business ethics and innovation management. The aim of this major reference work is to summarize the current state of research and provide an overview of the most important methods used in practice. In addition, The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Private Equity summarizes selected definitions, laws, and historical developments. The authors are leading scholars and experts from the field from all over the world. All contributions are concise and allow you to quickly obtain reliable information for academic papers, journalistic research, political discussions or day-to-day investment practice.
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Front Matter
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Private Equity
Dr. Benjamin Hammer, FHEA, is a member of the Accounting & Finance Department at Lancaster University Management School in Bailrigg, United Kingdom, and an Associate Professor of Finance at Lancaster University’s branch campus in Leipzig, Germany, where he has held various leadership positions since 2020. Prior to joining Lancaster University, Benjamin was the Executive Director of the Center for Corporate Transactions & Private Equity (CCTPE) at HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management, a leading think tank for private equity research in Europe. He has held visiting or affiliate positions at Florida Atlantic University, Concordia University, and Utrecht University. Benjamin’s research focuses on private equity and leveraged buyouts and has been published in highly ranked journals such as the Journal of Corporate Finance and the British Journal of Management. His research has been recognized with the Larry Lang Corporate Finance Best Paper Award at the 2015 European Financial Management Association (EFMA) Annual Meeting, the 2018 Bundesverband Alternative Investments (BAI) Science Award for excellent dissertations in the field of alternative investments, and the 2023 BAI Science Award for the best research paper in the field of alternative investments. He is a member of the editorial board of Venture Capital: An International Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance and is a regular speaker at academic (e.g., European Finance Association) and practitioner conferences (e.g., SuperReturn). Benjamin attended the Management Development Program at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education and holds a Habilitation and Ph.D. in Finance (with highest honors) from HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management. He studied at HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management and Tulane University as a scholar of the German Academic Merit Foundation and is a member of the Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Private Equity
Editors: Douglas J. Cumming, Benjamin Hammer
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-81653-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Reference Module Humanities and Social Sciences, Reference Module Business, Economics and Social Sciences
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2025
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-81652-9Published: 16 April 2025
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-81653-6Published: 25 April 2025
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXII, 1331
Number of Illustrations: 72 b/w illustrations, 72 illustrations in colour
Topics: Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics