The Price of Nothing – The Value of Everything: Towards an Understanding of Value Creation in Private Equity Buyouts

A wide range of definitions exists of what constitutes value creation and generation in private equity buyouts. At the core of the problem is that our understanding of the diverse set of levers, drivers and mechanisms by which financial value is generated has been inconsistent and incomplete. This paper attempts to address extant deficiencies in the literature by proposing a novel and cohesive conceptual model of value generation that connects various strands of research in the field.