Venture capital, private equity, and the financing of entrepreneurship : the power of active investing / Josh Lerner, Ann Leamon, Felda Hardymon.

"Venture Capital, Private Equity, and the Financing of Entrepreneurship explores the exciting world of active investing and lays out in a clear and readily accessible way their key features, ways of doing business and likely evolution. The book follows the cycle of active investing. Raising funds, considering transactions, structuring and overseeing transactions, and exiting investments are considered in turn. The focus is not just on the U.S. market, but on the increasingly global nature of these activities"--Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: Table of Contents Acknowledgements Preface 1 Introduction 2 The Private Equity Cycle -- Fund Raising & Fund Choosing 3 Deal Sourcing and Evaluation -- Not as Easy as it Looks 4 Assigning Value 5 Deal Structuring -- Private Equity Securities and Their Motivation 6 After the money arrives? 7 Getting liquid: Exits and distributions. 8 The globalization of venture capital and private equity 9 Risk and return 10 The Impact of Private Equity on Society -- Does This Really Matter Anyway? 11 People, Positions and Culture: The Management of the Private Equity Firm 12 Scaling and institutionalization 13 Boom and bust 14 Wrapping Up 15 Glossary .