The paper “Value creation drivers in a secondary buyout – The acquisition of Brenntag by BC Partners” published in Qualitative Research in Financial Markets was selected by the journal’s editorial team as a Highly Commended paper in the 2015 Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence. This study which analyzes the value creation in secondary buyouts using the example of Brenntag by BC Partners, is joint work of Ann-Kristin Achleitner (CEFS, Technische Universität München), Eva Lutz (Heinrich Heine University (HHU) Düsseldorf), and Christian Figge (General Atlantic, formerly CEFS, Technische Universität München). Please find further information here.