3i : fifty years investing in industry
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3i : fifty years investing in industry
Oxford University Press, 1995
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Three i : fifty years investing in industry
Investors in Industry
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
3i (Investors in Industry, and formerly the Industrial and Commercial Finance Corporation, etc.) is Britain's leading venture capital company. Founded in 1945 as a result of a combination of pressures and counter-pressures from political parties, Whitehall, the Bank of England, and the clearing banks, the organization has played a significant role in post-war investment banking and industrial development.
The first part of the book traces its history from the early years of post-war reconstruction and the role played by Piercy and Kinross, through the years of consolidation, to the higher-profile years of the change of name and style and the 1994 flotation. The second part offers an inside view of the workings of this unique institution - the controllers, 3i's role in developing MBOs, methods of assessing risk and return, its relationship with capital markets, etc.
During its first 50 years 3i has invested in numerous well known and successful companies - many of these are detailed in the text (British Caledonian, Oxford Instruments, Laura Ashley, etc.). The book is also elegantly and innovatively designed, making good use of the well known 3i cartoons.
Table of Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- PART I
- 1. Keeping Government out of the Banking Business
- 2. The Piercy Style
- 3. Establishing Independence
- 4. Consolidation and Diversification
- 5. The 1970s FFI
- 6. The The 1980s Expansion and Change
- 7. 3i: Remaking the Image
- 8. Back to the Core
- PART II
- 9. 3i and Innovator
- 10. Investment Capital v Venture Capital
- 11. Raising Funds/3i's Financial Policies
- 12. Management Style and Strategic Direction
- 13. Diversification
- 14. The Tax Case
- 15. The International Dimension
- 16. 3i in the Thatcher Years
- 17. 3i's Contribution to the Economy - An Alternative Model
- POSTSCRIPT
- APPENDICES
- GLOSSARY
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