PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Zbigniew Drewniak
TI  - Taxonomic Analysis of the European Private<br/>Equity Market
AID  - 10.3905/jpe.2014.17.4.034
DP  - 2014 Aug 31
TA  - The Journal of Private Equity
PG  - 34--39
VI  - 17
IP  - 4
4099  - https://pm-research.com/content/17/4/34.short
4100  - https://pm-research.com/content/17/4/34.full
AB  - Private equity and venture capital are still recognized as a modern source of companies’ funding. In this article, the data describing the European private equity market are provided across the scope of investment process stages: fundraising, investment, and divestment. To rank European private equity markets on the basis of chosen variables, a taxonomic method of analysis was used. As a result, we find that three countries are leading the European private equity market: the United Kingdom, Germany, and France.TOPICS: Private equity, developed, analysis of individual factors/risk premia, statistical methods