Table of Contents

Introduction.- Research Motivation.- Research Objective.- Structure of Dissertation.- Diversification in Corporations.- Definition of Diversification.- Overview of Academic Research on Corporate Diversification.- Diversification/Performance.- Managing Diversified Portfolios.- Introduction to the Private Equity Industry and the Role of Diversification.- Overview of the Private Equity Industry.- Profile of the Leveraged Buyout Segment.- Diversification in Private Equity.- Comparison of Private Equity Firms and Diversified Corporations.- General Research Design.- Starting Position in Academic Literature.- Direction of Research.- Empirical Research Design.- Empirical Part I – Diversification/Performance.- Hypotheses.- Methodology.- Empirical Results.- Discussion of Results.- Empirical Part II – Managing Diversified Portfolios.- Exploratory Framework.- Methodology.- Empirical Results.- Discussion.- Conclusion/Outlook.- Implications for Private Equity Managers.- Implications for Investors/Corporate Managers.