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  • September 2013
  • Article

Combining Banking with Private Equity Investing

By: Lily H. Fang, Victoria Ivashina and Josh Lerner
Bank-affiliated private equity groups account for 30% of all private equity investments. Their market share is highest during peaks of the private equity market, when the parent banks arrange more debt financing for in-house transactions yet have the lowest exposure to... View Details
Keywords: Regulation; Private Equity; Leveraged Buyouts; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry
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Fang, Lily H., Victoria Ivashina, and Josh Lerner. "Combining Banking with Private Equity Investing." Review of Financial Studies 26, no. 9 (September 2013): 2139–2173.
  • December 2000
  • Case

SupplierMarket.com (A)

By: William A. Sahlman and Jared Stone
Describes a decision confronting the cofounders of a B2B Internet firm that focuses on the purchasing process for manufactured direct materials. The company has raised one round of capital from two prominent venture capital firms and must decide if it makes sense to... View Details
Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Customers; Decisions; Venture Capital; Internet
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Sahlman, William A., and Jared Stone. "SupplierMarket.com (A)." Harvard Business School Case 801-228, December 2000.
  • May 1983 (Revised May 2015)
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The Carlton Polish Company

By: William A. Sahlman
Students are asked to determine the fair market value of Carlton Polish Co. and decide if Mr. Carlton should buy out his partner's half for $25 million. Carlton's alternative is to sell his half for $25 million. Students must also evaluate a financing plan. View Details
Keywords: Value; Financing and Loans; Partners and Partnerships; Leveraged Buyouts; Fair Value Accounting
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Sahlman, William A. "The Carlton Polish Company." Harvard Business School Case 283-008, May 1983. (Revised May 2015.)
  • 17 Nov 2015
  • Lessons from the Classroom

How Activist Investors Became Respectable

only adopting a more aggressive stance toward their own portfolio companies, but teaming up with activists. As a result, it was no surprise when T. Rowe Price supported Icahn’s opposition to the leveraged View Details
Keywords: by Joseph Fuller; Financial Services; Banking
  • June 2007 (Revised November 2008)
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Nordic Telephone Company's Bid for TDC

Nordic Telephone Company, formed by a consortium of private equity firms, has made a public tender offer for Denmark's leading telecommunications company, TDC. TDC's board of directors approved the take-private transaction, and 88% of shareholders have accepted the... View Details
Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Communication Technology; Decision Choices and Conditions; Negotiation Offer; Privatization; Telecommunications Industry; Denmark
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El-Hage, Nabil N., Mark Lurie, and Leslie Pierson. "Nordic Telephone Company's Bid for TDC." Harvard Business School Case 207-122, June 2007. (Revised November 2008.)
  • April 2011
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Private Equity and Long-Run Investment: The Case of Innovation

By: Josh Lerner, Morten Sorensen and Per Stromberg
A long-standing controversy is whether LBOs relieve managers from short-term pressures of dispersed shareholders, or whether LBO funds themselves are driven by short-term profit motives and sacrifice long-term growth to boost short-term performance. We investigate 495... View Details
Keywords: Patents; Private Equity; Leveraged Buyouts; Investment; Innovation and Invention
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Lerner, Josh, Morten Sorensen, and Per Stromberg. "Private Equity and Long-Run Investment: The Case of Innovation." Journal of Finance 66, no. 2 (April 2011): 445–477.
  • October 2012
  • Supplement

Winfield Refuse Management, Inc.: Raising Debt vs. Equity, Spreadsheet for Students (Brief Case) (CW)

By: W. Carl Kester and Sunru Yong
Keywords: United States; Acquisitions; Equity Capital; Debt Management; Financial Analysis; Administrative/Support/Waste Management/Remediation Services; Expansion; Capital Structure; Leveraged Buyouts; Borrowing and Debt; Equity; United States
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Kester, W. Carl, and Sunru Yong. "Winfield Refuse Management, Inc.: Raising Debt vs. Equity, Spreadsheet for Students (Brief Case) (CW)." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 913-532, October 2012.
  • October 2012
  • Teaching Note

Winfield Refuse Management, Inc.: Raising Debt vs. Equity (Brief Case) (TN)

By: W. Carl Kester and Sunru Yong
Keywords: United States; Acquisitions; Equity Capital; Debt Management; Financial Analysis; Administrative/Support/Waste Management/Remediation Services; Expansion; Capital Structure; Leveraged Buyouts; Borrowing and Debt; Equity; United States
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Kester, W. Carl, and Sunru Yong. "Winfield Refuse Management, Inc.: Raising Debt vs. Equity (Brief Case) (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 913-531, October 2012.
  • November 2006 (Revised October 2007)
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Artisan Entertainment Inc.

Geoff Rehnert and Marc Wolpow have left Bain Capital to launch Audax Group. As part of their separation, they have been granted 90-day options to purchase Bain Capital's stake in a number of portfolio companies at Fair Market Value. As they conside whether to exercise... View Details
Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Private Equity; Financing and Loans; Investment Funds
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El-Hage, Nabil N., and Christopher Edward James Payton. "Artisan Entertainment Inc." Harvard Business School Case 207-067, November 2006. (Revised October 2007.)
  • June 2001
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ESL Golf (B)

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Christopher R Gordon
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Auctions; Bids and Bidding; Private Equity; Valuation
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Baldwin, Carliss Y., and Christopher R Gordon. "ESL Golf (B)." Harvard Business School Case 801-430, June 2001.
  • 2010
  • Supplement

Berkshire Partners: Bidding for Carter's, Spreadsheet Supplement

By: Malcolm Baker and James Quinn
Keywords: Auctions; Valuation; Leveraged Buyouts; Mergers and Acquisitions; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Retail Industry; Massachusetts
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Baker, Malcolm, and James Quinn. "Berkshire Partners: Bidding for Carter's, Spreadsheet Supplement." Harvard Business Publishing Supplement, 2010. Electronic. (Spreadsheet supplement for case number 205058.)
  • July 2008
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Aurora Capital Group - Douglas Dynamics

Aurora Capital, a U.S. Private Equity firm, contemplates whether to acquire Douglas Dynamics, the leading U.S. maker of snow plows. Does a business that is highly dependent on the weather, and is seasonal, make a good LBO candidate? This case provides a good... View Details
Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Private Equity; Investment; Goods and Commodities; Value Creation
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El-Hage, Nabil N., Birche Fishback, Blake Gottesman, and Michael Marino. "Aurora Capital Group - Douglas Dynamics." Harvard Business School Case 209-010, July 2008.
  • February 2017 (Revised February 2018)
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Frank Baker: Siris Capital Group and Titan Systems

By: Steven Rogers and Derrick Collins
Private equity firm, Siris Capital Group, must decide if they should raise their offer to take Titan Telecom private by acquiring its publicly traded stock. Siris’ decision to pay a premium for Titan must be made in the context of their unique (and somewhat complex)... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Leveraged Buyouts; Mergers and Acquisitions; Private Equity; Mobile Technology; Financial Services Industry; Communications Industry; Telecommunications Industry; United States
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Rogers, Steven, and Derrick Collins. "Frank Baker: Siris Capital Group and Titan Systems." Harvard Business School Case 317-036, February 2017. (Revised February 2018.)
  • December 1999 (Revised February 2001)
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CVS: The Web Strategy

By: John A. Deighton and Anjali C. Shah
How should America's second-largest pharmacy chain respond to the challenge from online drugstores? What threat does the web pose to bricks and mortar distribution of prescription drugs and the other items that make up 50% of a drugstore's sales? This case describes... View Details
Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Marketing Channels; Distribution Channels; Service Operations; Corporate Strategy; Pharmaceutical Industry; Web Services Industry
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Deighton, John A., and Anjali C. Shah. "CVS: The Web Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 500-008, December 1999. (Revised February 2001.) (request a courtesy copy.)
  • August 2008
  • Teaching Note

Tad O'Malley: The Investment Conundrum (TN)

By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
Teaching Note for [808125]. View Details
Keywords: Investment; Opportunities; Leveraged Buyouts; Personal Development and Career; Resource Allocation
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Hardymon, G. Felda, Josh Lerner, and Ann Leamon. "Tad O'Malley: The Investment Conundrum (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 809-044, August 2008.
  • 24 Jul 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Something Ventured, Something Gained: A European View of Venture Capital

the spotlight, providing American entrepreneurs with the resources they need to act on their ideas and dreams. In Apax chairman Ron Cohen's view, the European VC and private equity community is headed in the same direction, with added competition from View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner; Financial Services
  • 2009
  • Simulation

Finance Simulation: Blackstone/Celanese: No. 3712.

By: Nabil N. El-Hage and Timothy A. Luehrman
The Finance Simulation: Blackstone/Celanese is based on the landmark acquisition of Celanese AG by the Blackstone Group in 2003. Students play the role of either Celanese or Blackstone and conduct due diligence, establish deal terms, respond to bids and counter-bids,... View Details
Keywords: Bids and Bidding; Finance; Mergers and Acquisitions; Valuation; Leveraged Buyouts; Negotiation
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El-Hage, Nabil N., and Timothy A. Luehrman. "Finance Simulation: Blackstone/Celanese: No. 3712." Simulation and Teaching Note. Watertown, MA: Harvard Business Publishing, 2009.
  • March 1992 (Revised December 1992)
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Harley-Davidson, Inc.--1987

By: W. Carl Kester and Julia Morley
After an LBO and near bankruptcy in the early 1980s, Harley-Davidson makes an astonishing recovery, going public in 1986. Its listing on the New York Stock Exchange in 1987 provides the occasion of an equity analyst to publish a research report in which she must issue... View Details
Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Currency Exchange Rate; Reports; Crisis Management; Going Public; Research; Competition; Auto Industry; Japan; New York (city, NY)
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Kester, W. Carl, and Julia Morley. "Harley-Davidson, Inc.--1987." Harvard Business School Case 292-082, March 1992. (Revised December 1992.)
  • April 2002
  • Case

Knoll Furniture: Going Public

By: Paul A. Gompers and Jon Asher Daniels
This case examines the decisions of John Lynch, president and CEO of Knoll Furniture, to go public in early 1997. Knoll went private in an LBO in 1996 and Warburg Pincus, the LBO sponsor, wants Lynch to take Knoll public. Lynch needs to weigh the positive and negative... View Details
Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Decisions; Initial Public Offering; Going Public; Privatization
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Gompers, Paul A., and Jon Asher Daniels. "Knoll Furniture: Going Public." Harvard Business School Case 202-114, April 2002.
  • November 2005 (Revised October 2012)
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The Auction for Burger King (A)

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and James Quinn
Paul Walsh, CEO of Diageo, must evaluate bids received in an auction of the Burger King restaurant unit. Describes how Diageo came to own Burger King, the attempts to turn the unit around, the strategic reasons for its sale, the auction process, and various bidders'... View Details
Keywords: Management Teams; Leveraged Buyouts; Bids and Bidding; Valuation; Auctions; Decision Choices and Conditions; Negotiation Tactics; Service Industry; Food and Beverage Industry
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Baldwin, Carliss Y., and James Quinn. "The Auction for Burger King (A)." Harvard Business School Case 906-012, November 2005. (Revised October 2012.)
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