Strategic private equity refers to an organization's decision-making process to buy a platform company. The idea behind this decision is to use the platform company as a base on which to buy and build more companies in the future. Today's competitive world has made platform companies… View Full Term
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By: John Carvalho | President, Divestopedia Inc.
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