Incentivization in private equity companies

Dr. Esther Dehmel and Dr. Matthias Sandmaier describe the options available to private equity firms when it comes to providing meaningful motivation for employees in unprofitable companies.

The incentivization of employees in companies that have been taken over by private equity firms presents particular challenges: not only do employees have to be convinced to stick with a company that has run into difficulties, they also need to be actively committed to increasing its value - at least until the company is sold on.

An obvious option would be a financial participation in the form of real company shares, though this is legally complicated to implement. There are often other solutions that are more expedient in specific cases.

Creative solutions for incentivization

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