LBOs and innovation: the French case
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description: A long-standing controversy is whether LBOs generate economic efficiencies through a superior governance framework, or whether LBO funds are driven by short-term profit motives and sacrifice long-term growth to boost short-term performance. Using a propensity score methodology, this paper provides an empirical analysis of the innovative efforts of a sample of 89 French manufacturing firms that underwent a buyout between 2001 and 2005. The matching estimates (average treatment on the treated, ATT) of the effect of LBOs on firm level of innovation expenditures in 2006 show no significant differences between LBO targets and comparable companies that did not go through an LBO. In contrast, we find significant effects of LBOs on both service innovation and marketing innovations in design and packaging and product promotion.
landing page: Rent XXV accepted papers
keyword: buyouts
keyword: conference-papers
keyword: infoeu-reposemanticsconferenceobject
keyword: innovation
keyword: private-equity-firms
keyword: shsgestionhumanities-and-social-sciencesbusiness-administration
issued: 2026-05-28T18:58:48.234837
modified: 2026-05-28T18:58:48.234842
language: en
contact point: Organization
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LBOs and innovation: the French case
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access URL: https://shs.hal.science/halshs-00669910
issued: 2026-05-28T18:58:48.292111
modified: 2026-05-28T18:58:48.215391