Index

A, B, C

• agency and transaction costs, 49, 99
• agency relationship, 26, 32, 34, 35–39, 45, 53, 54, 98, 99, 125
• BPI, 9
• build-up, 2, 195–198, 205, 219–221, 233, 234, 242, 243, 280, 281, 293, 304, 318, 319, 324
• buy-out capital, 2, 4, 18
• competence-based view, 25, 65, 67, 74

E, F, G

• efficiency, 25, 31, 37–39, 70, 98, 100, 101, 104, 106–110, 353
• FCPR (fonds communs de placements à risque), 7, 8, 13, 52, 186, 188, 192, 195, 247, 249–251, 254, 343
• field, 127, 184–188, 345
• governance, 3, 12, 28, 37, 41, 43, 46, 57–60, 78, 79, 82, 104, 149, 210, 299, 344
• growth capital, 2, 4, 18

I, J, K, L

• information asymmetry, 2, 3, 35, 38, 40–48, 53, 59–63, 110, 117, 118, 122, 125, 127, 139, 210, 211, 273
• innovation, 5, 8, 9, 14, 66, 70–74, 79, 82, 85, 90, 91, 97, 189
  • capital, 4
• investment vehicles, 6–8, 61, 246
• joint ventures, 10, 15, 22, 54–56, 78
• knowledge, 11, 12, 42, 47–50, 54, 56, 64–69, 73, 74, 78, 79, 81–105, 111, 113, 115, 125–128, 131–135, 138, 140, 196, 286, 353
• leveraged buy-outs, 2, 6, 196
• local investment funds, 8

M, O, P

• model, 39, 101, 104, 107, 145, 148, 150, 156, 160–172, 176, 178
• multiple case studies, 184
• opportunism, 27, 28, 40–42
• partnership, 198, 268

R, S

• rationality, 27, 28, 35, 38–43, 46, 67, 68, 80, 82, 84, 98, 100, 104
• regression, 152, 156–169, 172–180, 342, 350
• replication, 148, 184, 185, 349
• resource-based view, 25
• sector consolidation, 2, 195, 197, 205, 293, 305, 319, 328
• statistical and econometric studies, 146, 184, 186
• strategic alliance, 1, 10–12, 49, 51, 62, 87, 91, 126, 238

T

• theory
  • Burt’s structural hole, 109, 110, 112, 115, 122, 132
  • contractual, 12, 25–29, 38, 40, 59–64, 84, 97–106, 110, 120, 122, 124, 131, 133, 139, 140, 210, 238, 353–355
  • evolutionary economic, 25, 65, 70, 80, 99
  • knowledge-based, 12, 25, 26, 64–67, 70, 72, 74, 75, 79, 82–85, 90, 94–99, 101–104, 107, 110, 120, 124, 127, 130, 131, 140, 255, 324, 347, 352
  • of the firm, 25, 65, 67, 69, 80
  • positive agency, 12, 25–27, 29, 34, 37–40, 59, 62, 99
  • sociological network, 12, 25, 26, 101, 106, 107, 110, 124–128, 130, 210
  • transaction cost, 12, 25–27, 39, 40, 59, 62, 99
• transfer, 3, 37, 56
• turnaround capital, 2, 18, 189

U, V

• UCITS (undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities), 7, 13
• uncertainty, 3, 11, 28–30, 35, 38–43, 47, 49, 59, 60, 68, 77, 81–85, 98, 100, 108, 110, 118, 139, 210
• value creation, 4, 25, 36, 38, 64, 77, 87, 93, 97, 99–101, 109, 140, 145, 146, 350, 353
• variable
  • control, 153
  • dependent, 150, 152, 157, 161, 162, 183, 208
  • independent, 150–155, 157–163, 165, 183, 185
• venture capital, 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 18, 50, 90, 192, 199, 223, 346