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- 31 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 31
Furthermore, a third experiment shows that people tend to discount the wrongness of crossing ethical boundaries to hurt or help others when the action restores equity. The Private Equity Advantage: Leveraged Buyout Firms and Relationship...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Something Ventured, Something Gained: A European View of Venture Capital
fundraising there were traditionally far more modest, with the bulk of it in Great Britain; buyouts and later-stage investment opportunities were the prevailing mindset; and the requirements of the established stock exchanges made going...
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- Career Coach
Liuna Fekravar
internship at Carlyle in its special situations credit investing team. She spent this past summer interning with Lindsay Goldberg in NYC, driven by a motivation to pivot into a generalist buyout role where she could also exercise her...
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- May–June 1995
- Article
Rehabilitating the Leveraged Buyout: A Look at Clayton, Dubilier and Rice
By: W. C. Kester and T. A. Luehrman
Kester, W. C., and T. A. Luehrman. "Rehabilitating the Leveraged Buyout: A Look at Clayton, Dubilier and Rice." Harvard Business Review 73, no. 3 (May–June 1995): 119–130.
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Back from the Brink
buyout of ZeroChaos in 2004, Mills projects the firm to be a $1 billion operation by 2010. “It’s always a great discussion to have with your wife when you’ve got three kids and a mortgage, but she was the one who looked me in the eye and...
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- spring 1991
- Article
Lessons from a Middle-Market LBO: The Case of O.M. Scott
By: George P. Baker and Karen Wruck
Baker, George P., and Karen Wruck. "Lessons from a Middle-Market LBO: The Case of O.M. Scott." Continental Bank Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 4, no. 1 (spring 1991).
- Web
VCPE Database Comparison | Baker Library
total) \# VCPE firms 63K 28K 31K 44K \# VCPE funds 115K 124K not available 50K \# deals 325K VC 376K Corp/Strategic M&A 142K Buyout 75K Private Debt 72K IPO 146K PE/Buyout 319K VC 20K Private Debt 106K Real Estate 430K VC 505K View Details
- Career Coach
Rohit Sahni
second focused on leveraged buyouts (LBO). During his time in private equity, Rohit traveled to Brazil, India, and multiple countries in Europe. After seven years in private equity, Rohit co-founded a long/short equity hedge fund (Harbor...
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- November 1989 (Revised December 1996)
- Supplement
Wisconsin Central Ltd. Railroad and Berkshire Partners (B): LBO Associations and Corporate Governance
By: Michael C. Jensen
Describes the resolution of the default situation. Further examines the internal control mechanisms and distinct role of the board of directors of a typical LBO association.
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Jensen, Michael C. "Wisconsin Central Ltd. Railroad and Berkshire Partners (B): LBO Associations and Corporate Governance." Harvard Business School Supplement 190-070, November 1989. (Revised December 1996.)
- 17 Apr 2017
- News
Panera-bred Leaders Have Risen Throughout the Restaurant Industry
to lead the operations of such popular chains as Friendly’s Ice Cream, Johnny Rockets, Pizzeria Uno, Smashburger, Wahlburgers (led by CEO Cedric Vanzura, MBA 1990), Pieology, and Upper Crust. Panera was sold earlier this month to Europe’s JAB Holding Company for an...
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- 01 Jun 2007
- News
In Brief
Q&A with Steve Schwarzman. Private-equity firms have been on an acquisitions binge of late, and leading the pack is The Blackstone Group, headed by CEO Steve Schwarzman (MBA ’72). He talks about the buyout business and where it is headed....
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- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Letters to the Editor
The concept of a private-equity board’s “long-term” being beyond the next quarter fails my giggle test, however. In the public perception, even the reputable buyout shops, such as Carlyle, Blackstone, and KKR, exist to reorganize, to...
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- 1996
- Chapter
The LBO Association as a Relational Investing Regime: Clinical Evidence From Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc.
By: Timothy A. Luehrman and W. Carl Kester
Luehrman, Timothy A., and W. Carl Kester. "The LBO Association as a Relational Investing Regime: Clinical Evidence From Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc." In Meaningful Relationships: Institutional Investors, Relational Investing, and the Future of Corporate Governance, edited by L Lowenstein. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996.
- January 2023
- Case
Clay Ridge Capital
By: Martin A. Sinozich and William R. Kerr
Kel Jackson, with the support of his young family, has been searching for a manufacturing business to purchase. After a long process, Kel had submitted a written offer to buy Sheetfab that matched his original conversation with the owner, but a broker Kel had never met...
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Sinozich, Martin A., and William R. Kerr. "Clay Ridge Capital." Harvard Business School Case 823-089, January 2023.
- August 2012 (Revised July 2015)
- Background Note
A Note on Valuation in Private Equity
By: Paul A. Gompers
This note will provide an overview of valuation methodologies in private equity.
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Gompers, Paul A. "A Note on Valuation in Private Equity." Harvard Business School Background Note 213-034, August 2012. (Revised July 2015.)
- July 1986 (Revised March 1989)
- Case
Jim Southern
A recent MBA graduate has reached tentative agreement for an LBO of a forms-printing business with $43 million sales. At the eleventh hour, however, the seller has demanded that the buyer personally guarantee $4 million of accounts payable.
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Stevenson, Howard H. "Jim Southern." Harvard Business School Case 387-009, July 1986. (Revised March 1989.)
- January 1992
- Teaching Note
Congoleum Corporation (Abridged) TN
Teaching Note for (9-287-029).
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- December 1994
- Case
CNW Corporation
The Blackstone Group, an LBO firm, is considering a $1.7 billion leveraged acquisition of CNW Corp., a railroad holding company. Information is provided concerning historic and protected results and the proposed financial structure of the entity. Data is presented...
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Fenster, Steven R. "CNW Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 295-077, December 1994.
- 17 Nov 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
How Activist Investors Became Respectable
buyout raiders of the 1980s eventually morphed into the legitimate private equity business, greenmailers of a generation ago are now taken seriously as hard-nosed change agents who may be doing the right thing when they take on management...
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- 29 Oct 2019
- Blog Post
Merging the Worlds of Finance, Investing, and Environmental Impact
grow companies. Earlier this year we launched our buyout fund focused on scaling mature companies in the sector, which I now co-lead. Can you give me an example of a deal you’ve worked on recently? We’re just closing on our first deal...
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