Private-Equity-Firms : Their Role in the Formation of Strategic Alliances

Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction -- I.1. Interfirm alliances as a source of innovation and the role of private equity -- I.2. Lessons from the literature -- I.3. General questions considered in the study -- I.4. General study outline -- 1. Concepts Underlying the Role of Private Equity Firms in Forming Alliances -- 1.1. Private equity -- 1.1.1. Main characteristics -- 1.1.2. The French PE market -- 1.2. The concept of a strategic alliance -- 1.3. Strategic alliance formation in French PEFs -- 1.3.1. French PE: a favorable environment for the formation of alliances -- 1.3.2. First descriptive data -- 2. The Role of Private Equity Firms in Alliance Formation from the Perspective of Value Creation -- 2.1. The role of PEFs from the perspective of contractual theories -- 2.1.1. Some theoretical foundations -- 2.1.2. Review of contractual theories -- 2.1.3. Applying the theory to our research question -- 2.1.4. Review of the role of PEFs from the perspective of contractual theories -- 2.2. The role of PEFs in light of knowledge-based theories -- 2.2.1. Some theoretical foundations -- 2.2.2. Applying the theory to our research question -- 2.2.3. Review of the role of PEFs from the perspective of knowledge based theories -- 2.2.4. Where knowledge-based theories stand compared to contractual theories -- 2.2.5. The complementarity of contractual and knowledge-based theories -- 2.3. Sociological network theories: a supplement to the contractual and knowledge-based argumentation -- 2.3.1. Some theoretical foundations -- 2.3.2. Applying the theory to our research question -- 2.3.3. Review of the additional arguments brought forward by the use of the concept of social capital -- 2.4. The role of PEFs: a summary -- 2.4.1. Intraportfolio alliances -- 2.4.2. Extraportfolio alliances.