Interesting private equity dissertation / master thesis topics?

In September I'm starting my last year of business administration, so it's time to think about my master's thesis. I will be writing about private equity while doing an internship at the private equity department of BNP Paribas in Belgium.

I'm looking for interesting topics to analyse. Do you have any suggestions?

Perhaps you know of an interesting study which was conducted in the US or UK which I could modify to Belgium?

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