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  • August 2017 (Revised January 2020)
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Berkshire Partners: Party City

By: Victoria Ivashina and Jeffrey Boyar
In 2005, Berkshire Partners, a Boston-based private equity firm specializing in growth equity, was one year into their ownership of Amscan, the market leader of designed, manufactured, and distributed decorated party goods and accessories. However, Amscan's primary... View Details
Keywords: Turnaround; Fundraising; Cross-fund Investment; Private Equity; Vertical Integration; Governance; Valuation; Manufacturing Industry; Retail Industry; United States
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Ivashina, Victoria, and Jeffrey Boyar. "Berkshire Partners: Party City." Harvard Business School Case 218-028, August 2017. (Revised January 2020.)
  • June 2018
  • Teaching Note

Berkshire Partners: Party City

By: Victoria Ivashina and Jeffrey Boyar
Teaching Note for HBS No. 218-028. View Details
Keywords: Turnaround; Fundraising; Cross-fund Investment; Private Equity; Vertical Integration; Manufacturing Industry; Retail Industry; United States
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Ivashina, Victoria, and Jeffrey Boyar. "Berkshire Partners: Party City." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 218-125, June 2018.
  • 01 Mar 2019
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The One That Got Away

proceeds into the new deal, the only investors asked to do so. After considering the time we already had been in it, and that it would be a cross-fund investment (touting to one fund what a great exit it was... View Details
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