This paper studies the international investment behavior of private equity (PE) firms. Perspectives from international service management are integrated with human capital and network theory to test the value of international human capital and international network relationships. Using a sample...

We investigate whether syndication networks among banks influence the financing of leveraged buyouts (LBO). We find that lead banks serve as important intermediaries between the supply (banks in an LBO loan syndicate) and demand (targets and private equity (PE) firms) sides of LBO financing....