U.S. venture capital firms have just learned that the structure of the transaction to purchase illiquid UK software firm is not acceptable to institutional investors. The group must decide if he still wants to go through the transaction. This decision depends on whether investors believe that their due diligence revealed all the issues that affect both the price investors will pay more for the company and the amount that they need to provide in order to help him recover. "Hide
by G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner, Ann Leamon Source: Harvard Business School 29 pages. Publication Date: February 10, 2003. Prod. #: 803104-PDF-ENG