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  • summer 1990
  • Article

Leverage Your Warranty Program

By: M. Menezes and J. Quelch
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Menezes, M., and J. Quelch. "Leverage Your Warranty Program." MIT Sloan Management Review 31, no. 4 (summer 1990): 69–80.
  • May 15 2018
  • Testimonial

Leveraging Culture for Performance

  • 11 Oct 2006
  • Research & Ideas

The Success of Reverse Leveraged Buyouts

As Hertz approaches what is expected to be a $1 billion "quick flip" IPO just ten months after being acquired, critics are again taking aim at reverse leveraged buyouts and wondering whether investors are being set up for a... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Banking; Financial Services
  • March 1990 (Revised November 2004)
  • Case

O.M. Scott & Sons Co. Leveraged Buyout

By: George P. Baker III and Karen Wruck
Documents the organizational changes that took place at O.M. Scott & Sons Co. in response to their leveraged buyout. Provides the opportunity for students to discuss the effects of high leverage on management decision making, and the differences between operating as a... View Details
Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Capital Structure; Borrowing and Debt; Organizational Structure; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Management; Business Conglomerates; Cost of Capital; Financial Services Industry
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Baker, George P., III, and Karen Wruck. "O.M. Scott & Sons Co. Leveraged Buyout." Harvard Business School Case 190-148, March 1990. (Revised November 2004.)
  • 30 Mar 2015
  • News

Leveraging the power of yes

Sasha Dichter (MBA/MPA 2002) is chief innovation officer at Acumen Fund, a nonprofit global venture fund that invests in early-stage companies to solve issues stemming from poverty. “One of the things I’ve learned is how expressive and personal philanthropy is, and... View Details
  • May 1994 (Revised December 1997)
  • Case

Sealed Air Corporation 's Leveraged Recapitalization (A)

Less than a year after Sealed Air embarked on a program to improve manufacturing efficiency and product quality, the company borrowed almost 90% of the market value of its common stock and paid it out as a special dividend to shareholders. Management purposefully and... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Corporate Finance; Manufacturing Industry
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Wruck, Karen, and Brian Barry. "Sealed Air Corporation 's Leveraged Recapitalization (A)." Harvard Business School Case 294-122, May 1994. (Revised December 1997.)
  • January 2021 (Revised March 2021)
  • Supplement

Juno (C): Leveraging Student Power

By: Joshua Schwartzstein, Kathleen L. McGinn and Amy Klopfenstein
In May 2020, Juno co-founders Chris Abkarians and Nikhil Agarwal decided to hold the annual auction for their student loan assistance startup. Five lenders submitted bids, and the co-founders ultimately opted to select Eager Bank as their partner for the 2020-2021... View Details
Keywords: Decision Making; Decision Choices and Conditions; Decisions; Cost vs Benefits; Judgments; Education; Higher Education; Finance; Borrowing and Debt; Strategy; Adaptation; Alignment; Negotiation; Agreements and Arrangements; Negotiation Deal; Negotiation Offer; Negotiation Participants; Negotiation Process; Negotiation Tactics; Negotiation Types; Financial Services Industry; Education Industry; North and Central America; United States; Massachusetts; Boston
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Schwartzstein, Joshua, Kathleen L. McGinn, and Amy Klopfenstein. "Juno (C): Leveraging Student Power." Harvard Business School Supplement 921-034, January 2021. (Revised March 2021.)
  • January 1990 (Revised January 1991)
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RJR Nabisco and Leveraged Buyouts

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Rukstad, Michael G. "RJR Nabisco and Leveraged Buyouts." Harvard Business School Case 390-077, January 1990. (Revised January 1991.)

    A New Way to Understand Corporate Leverage

    The link between measures of risk and return within the equity market has been very weak over the past 47 years: in the United States, returns on high-risk stocks have cumulatively fallen short of the returns on low-risk stocks, during a period when the equity market... View Details
    • June 1994 (Revised December 1997)
    • Supplement

    Safeway, Inc.'s Leveraged Buyout (B)

    Supplements the (A) case. View Details
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    Wruck, Karen, and Steve-Anna Stephens. "Safeway, Inc.'s Leveraged Buyout (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 294-140, June 1994. (Revised December 1997.)
    • January 2021 (Revised March 2021)
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    Juno (B): Leveraging Student Power

    By: Joshua Schwartzstein, Kathleen L. McGinn and Amy Klopfenstein
    In March 2020, Juno co-founders Chris Abkarians and Nikhil Agarwal decided to pitch banks in anticipation of their annual auction while negotiating directly with private lender Eager. Responses from the majority of private lenders—including Juno’s 2019 partner—were not... View Details
    Keywords: Decision Making; Decision Choices and Conditions; Decisions; Cost vs Benefits; Judgments; Education; Higher Education; Finance; Borrowing and Debt; Strategy; Adaptation; Alignment; Negotiation; Negotiation Deal; Negotiation Offer; Negotiation Participants; Negotiation Process; Negotiation Types; Financial Services Industry; Education Industry; North and Central America; United States; Massachusetts; Boston
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    Schwartzstein, Joshua, Kathleen L. McGinn, and Amy Klopfenstein. "Juno (B): Leveraging Student Power." Harvard Business School Supplement 921-033, January 2021. (Revised March 2021.)
    • February 1996 (Revised April 2003)
    • Case

    WPP--Integrating Icons to Leverage Knowledge

    By: Joseph L. Bower
    Martin Sorrell has used WPP to acquire a large portfolio of marketing service firms including J. Walter Thompson and Ogilvy & Mather. How did he make this minnow-swallows-many-whales trick work, and can he make the whole into something bigger than the parts? View Details
    Keywords: Knowledge Use and Leverage; Leadership; Marketing; Networks; Diversification
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    Bower, Joseph L. "WPP--Integrating Icons to Leverage Knowledge." Harvard Business School Case 396-249, February 1996. (Revised April 2003.)
    • September–October 1995
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    Leveraging Processes for Strategic Advantage

    By: David A. Garvin
    Keywords: Competitive Advantage
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    Garvin, David A. "Leveraging Processes for Strategic Advantage." Harvard Business Review 73, no. 5 (September–October 1995): 76–90.
    • June 2007
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    Leverage Time to Your Advantage

    By: Deepak Malhotra
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    Malhotra, Deepak. "Leverage Time to Your Advantage." Negotiation 10, no. 6 (June 2007).
    • 21 Sep 2016
    • Research & Ideas

    Shabana Azmi: Leveraging Bollywood Fame into Social Good

    demand, such as her prominent role in the recent BBC miniseries “Capital.” But Azmi’s accomplishments have gone way beyond the cinematic, using her leverage as a celebrity and a seat in the Parliament of India to help further the rights... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Motion Pictures & Video
    • 06 Oct 2014
    • Blog Post

    Leveraging LinkedIn to Recruit Candidates

    It is no surprise that recruiters are turning to social media, and particularly LinkedIn, to source prospective employees. Here are 5 tips for using LinkedIn as part of your recruiting strategy (whether or not you pay for a recruiting account). Make your Company Page... View Details
    • August 2007 (Revised April 2012)
    • Technical Note

    Technical Note on Financial Leverage in Real Estate

    By: Charles F. Wu and Arthur I Segel
    Demonstrates the accelerating impact of leverage on returns under differing scenarios of property performance. The performance scenarios represent two points in time: the inception of the investment and the liquidation. View Details
    Keywords: Property; Investment; Real Estate Industry
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    Wu, Charles F., and Arthur I Segel. "Technical Note on Financial Leverage in Real Estate." Harvard Business School Technical Note 208-041, August 2007. (Revised April 2012.)
    • December 2019 (Revised December 2022)
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    TXU (A): Powering the Largest Leveraged Buyout in History

    By: Trevor Fetter, Erik Snowberg and Rebecca M. Henderson
    This case is designed to support a lively discussion about the relative merits of shareholder vs. stakeholder perspectives in the context of a company that provides a vital public service that has important environmental implications. The 2007 purchase of TXU, the... View Details
    Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Transformation; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Environmental Sustainability; Business and Shareholder Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Energy Generation; Non-Renewable Energy; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Utilities Industry; Energy Industry; Texas
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    Fetter, Trevor, Erik Snowberg, and Rebecca M. Henderson. "TXU (A): Powering the Largest Leveraged Buyout in History." Harvard Business School Case 320-064, December 2019. (Revised December 2022.)
    • 01 Mar 2005
    • News

    Health-Care Initiative to Leverage Ongoing Efforts

    initiative. “For many years, a significant number of people at the School have pursued a range of activities in this arena,” Clark wrote in a memo addressed to the HBS community last fall. “Richard, working closely with a faculty advisory group and the HBS community,... View Details
    Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services; Health, Social Assistance
    • 03 Jun 2016
    • Working Paper Summaries

    The Risk Anomaly Tradeoff of Leverage

    Keywords: by Malcolm Baker, Mathias F. Hoeyer, and Jeffrey Wurgler
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