Commitment to markets
The commitment by private equity firms to a particular country market was the subject of a recent conversation with a prominent financial adviser. The Taiwan-based adviser claims that private equity firms are having problems making deals in Taiwan because of the limited time they spend trying to understand the local market. “Even firms with Taiwan coverage spend very little time on the ground here and local entrepreneurs don’t want to work with them,” he said.
While, I don't necessarily agree with his take on this particular situation, given that most companies in Taiwan are too small for major private equity firms to justify an investment into (however, they...
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