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Private Equity

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Bad Company

Megan Greenwell, Dan Bittner

The Masters of Private Equity and Venture Capital

Robert Finkel, David Greising

Inside Private Equity

James M. Kocis, James C. Bachman IV

Venture Capital Due Diligence

Justin J. Camp

Two and Twenty

Sachin Khajuria

Private Equity Operational Due Diligence, + Website

Jason A. Scharfman

Corporate Financial Distress, Restructuring, and Bankruptcy

Edward I. Altman, Edith Hotchkiss

Venture Capital, Private Equity, and the Financing of Entrepreneurship

Josh Lerner, Ann Leamon

Corporate Finance

Pierre Vernimmen, Pascal Quiry

Mastering Private Equity

Claudia Zeisberger, Bowen White

Surviving Wall Street

Scott L. Bok

The Asset Class

Hettie O'Brien, Hettie O'Brien

Plunder

Brendan Ballou

Private Equity Deals

Ted Seides

These Are the Plunderers

Gretchen Morgenson, Joshua Rosner

The Problem of Twelve

John Coates