Private Equity: The German Experience

List of Figures List of Tables Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Minority Participations: 1965-1975 The Failed Venture Capital Experiment: 1976-1991 The Early Shoots: GENES Ventures& Matuschka/TVM The First Phase: From Venture Capital to LBOs The Second Phase: 3i, CVC, Bain, and Matuschka The Third Phase: Trial and Error with LBOs The Schroders' Story of the 1980s The 1984-1991 Experience in Retrospect The Fourth Phase: Frustrating Times 1992-1994 East German Adventures The Fifth Phase: Retrenchment& Spin-offs: 1995-1996 The Sixth Phase: The Tsunami Begins The Seventh Phase: 2001: The Collapse and its Aftermath The Eighth Phase: The Booming Market: 2004-2007 The Ninth Phase: The Fall What did Private Equity Ever do for Germany? A Note on Sources