Die Bedeutung der Risikokapitalindustrie ist im Laufe der letzten zehn Jahre rapide gestiegen - die Literatur zum Thema hielt damit nicht Schritt, insbesondere fehlte bisher eine allgemeine Einführung. Diese Lücke wird jetzt geschlossen: Dieses Buch zeigt, wie und warum sich das Risikokapitalgeschäft zu seiner heutigen Form entwickeln konnte, analysiert den Verlauf von Management Buyouts und Buyins und erklärt, was beteiligte Manager von diesen Prozessen erwarten können. (04/99)

Peter Temple has worked in or written about the investment world for nearly 30 years. An economist and statistician by training, he spent 18 years as a fund manager and analyst before moving to full-time writing and journalism in 1988. Peter now writes on a freelance basis for a variety of publications, including: the Financial Times, Investors Chronicle, Mail on Sunday, Analyst and International Fund Management. He is the author of a number of books, including Getting Started in Shares and The Online Investor. He has lived and worked in London since 1970 and is a diploma member of the Securities Institute, a former member of the London Stock Exchange and an Associate of the Institute of Investment Management and Research.