The New Financial Capitalists Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and the Creation of Corporate Value |
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| Author:
| Baker, George P.
Smith, George David |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-64260-6 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 1998 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $64.00 |
Book Description:
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Based upon interviews with partners of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and on unprecedented access to the firm's records, George Baker and George Smith have written a balanced and enlightening account of how KKR has approached leveraged buyouts. This book focuses on KKR's founding, evolution, and innovations as ways to understand issues in modern American business. In examining KKR as a unique form of enterprise one that subscribes to a set of alternative perspectives on business and value...
More DescriptionBased upon interviews with partners of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and on unprecedented access to the firm's records, George Baker and George Smith have written a balanced and enlightening account of how KKR has approached leveraged buyouts. This book focuses on KKR's founding, evolution, and innovations as ways to understand issues in modern American business. In examining KKR as a unique form of enterprise one that subscribes to a set of alternative perspectives on business and value creation the book bridges the gap between public perception and academic knowledge of the leveraged buyout, a crucial phenomenon of modern economic life.