Kohlberg Kravis Roberts''s approach to leveraged buyouts was an
important aspect of the corporate restructuring and governance
reforms in the American economy from the mid-1970s through 1990.
During that period, KKR crafted a series of progressively more
elaborate deals tailored to specific companies and market
conditions. Through its creative debt financing and its
relationships with an evolving cast of investors, companies, and
managers, KKR drove the scale and scope of the buyout phenomenon to
unprecedented highs. This book examines KKR''s record in detail.
Based upon interviews with partners of the firm and on
unprecedented access to KKR''s records, George Baker and George
Smith have written a balanced and enlightening account of how KKR
has approached LBOs. 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.
目錄:
Introduction
1. Context and overview
2. Recasting the role of debt: creative leverage and buyout
financing
3. LBO governance and value creation
4. When risk becomes real: managing buyouts in distress
5. KKR as an institutional form: structure, function and
character
Conclusion.