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- March 2021 (Revised August 2021)
- Case
Apax Partners and Duck Creek Technologies
By: Josh Lerner, Terrence Shu and Alys Ferragamo
This case follows Jason Wright and Umang Kajaria at Apax Partners as they consider an investment in Duck Creek Technologies, a technology provider for property & casualty insurance companies. The deal required a complex carve-out from Accenture, Duck Creek’s parent...
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Keywords:
Carve-out;
Private Equity;
Insurance;
Investment;
Operations;
Valuation;
Financial Strategy;
New York (city, NY)
Lerner, Josh, Terrence Shu, and Alys Ferragamo. "Apax Partners and Duck Creek Technologies." Harvard Business School Case 221-075, March 2021. (Revised August 2021.)
- September 2017 (Revised October 2017)
- Case
The Carlyle Group and Axalta
By: Josh Lerner and Alexey Tuzikov
Lerner, Josh, and Alexey Tuzikov. "The Carlyle Group and Axalta." Harvard Business School Case 818-040, September 2017. (Revised October 2017.)
- 2024
- Working Paper
Weak Credit Covenants
By: Victoria Ivashina and Boris Vallée
Using novel data on 1,240 credit agreements from the leveraged loan market, we propose simple measures of contractual complexity based on clauses qualifying negative covenants. We document a high average level of contractual complexity and significant heterogeneity....
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Keywords:
Leveraged Loans;
Loan Contracts;
Debt Covenants;
Carve-out;
Creditor Governance;
LBO;
Credit;
Agreements and Arrangements;
Leveraged Buyouts
Ivashina, Victoria, and Boris Vallée. "Weak Credit Covenants." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 27316, June 2020. (Revise and Resubmit at Management Science.)
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Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
Covenants By: Victoria Ivashina & Boris Vallee JUNE 2020 Using novel data on 1,240 credit agreements, Victoria and Boris investigate sources of contractual complexity in the leveraged loan market. While negative covenants are widespread, View Details
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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
contractual complexity in the leveraged loan market. While negative covenants are widespread, carve-out and deductible clauses that weaken them are as frequent. They propose simple measures of contractual weakness, which uniquely explain...
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- 16 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
European Private Equity—Still a Teenager?
pan-European funds and global private equity organizations), panelists pointed to corporate carve-outs and restructuring as hope for future payoffs. When I arrived in 1989, people were saying that there was too much money chasing too few...
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- 17 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Business Case for Diabetes Disease Management
Management" that Beaulieu co-wrote to launch the discussion, works like this: "In a carve-out arrangement, a private disease management vendor typically takes on full risk for the care of patients with specific diseases like...
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- 27 Jul 2019
- Op-Ed
Does Facebook's Business Model Threaten Our Elections?
its bullying and hate speech. You might consider a carve-out for smaller players to not overly burden innovation. The purpose would be to bring the same level of societal engagement to social media sites—making them responsible for libel...
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by George Riedel
- 27 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
New Research: Surviving Bankruptcy, Useful Economics, and Retirement
investment in Duck Creek Technologies, a technology provider for property & casualty insurance companies. The deal required a complex carve-out from Accenture, Duck Creek’s parent organization, and several operational improvements to...
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