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- June 1994 (Revised December 1997)
- Case
Safeway, Inc.'s Leveraged Buyout (A)
After years of deteriorating financial performance and eroding market position, Safeway, Inc., the largest public grocery store chain in the United States, found itself the target of a hostile takeover offer. Management decided to take the company private in a $4.3...
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Wruck, Karen, and Steve-Anna Stephens. "Safeway, Inc.'s Leveraged Buyout (A)." Harvard Business School Case 294-139, June 1994. (Revised December 1997.)
- January 2021 (Revised March 2021)
- Case
Juno (A): Leveraging Student Power
By: Joshua Schwartzstein, Kathleen L. McGinn and Amy Klopfenstein
In March 2020, Chris Abkarians and Nikhil Agarwal were in the midst of preparing the annual auction for their student loan assistance startup, Juno. Both current MBA students at Harvard Business School, the duo founded Juno in 2018 to leverage student bargaining power...
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Keywords:
Decision Making;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Decisions;
Cost vs Benefits;
Education;
Higher Education;
Finance;
Borrowing and Debt;
Strategy;
Adaptation;
Alignment;
Negotiation;
Agreements and Arrangements;
Negotiation Participants;
Negotiation Process;
Negotiation Tactics;
Negotiation Deal;
Negotiation Offer;
Negotiation Types;
Financial Services Industry;
Education Industry;
North and Central America;
United States;
Massachusetts;
Boston
Schwartzstein, Joshua, Kathleen L. McGinn, and Amy Klopfenstein. "Juno (A): Leveraging Student Power." Harvard Business School Case 921-032, January 2021. (Revised March 2021.)
- April 1988 (Revised September 1988)
- Case
Owens-Corning Fiberglas: Leveraged Recap
Asquith, K. Paul. "Owens-Corning Fiberglas: Leveraged Recap." Harvard Business School Case 288-021, April 1988. (Revised September 1988.)
- May 2018 (Revised June 2018)
- Case
Cowen Inc.: Leveraging Data
By: Boris Groysberg, Sarah Abbott and Annelena Lobb
Cowen Inc.’s broker-dealer, Cowen and Company, LLC, boasted a number of analysts who had made prescient stock calls on the basis of creative data analysis. Now Cowen Inc. had opened a new subsidiary, Kyber, which would attempt to monetize new data science products....
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Keywords:
Data Science;
Equity Research;
Research Analysts;
Investment;
Analytics and Data Science;
Equity;
Research;
Analysis;
Competitive Strategy
Groysberg, Boris, Sarah Abbott, and Annelena Lobb. "Cowen Inc.: Leveraging Data." Harvard Business School Case 418-035, May 2018. (Revised June 2018.)
- October 2013 (Revised November 2018)
- Background Note
Note on the Leveraged Loan Market
This note provides an introduction to the process of loan syndication and the evolution of the leveraged loan market. The note emphasizes the role of banks as loan originators and the evolution of the institutional investors' entry into the leveraged loan market. In...
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Ivashina, Victoria. "Note on the Leveraged Loan Market." Harvard Business School Background Note 214-047, October 2013. (Revised November 2018.)
- Research Summary
The Connection Between Volatility and Leverage
Professor Siriwardane has co-developed a new econometric model that captures the link between equity volatility and financial leverage, driven by the desire to incorporate the record levels of both leverage and volatility that characterized the 2008 financial crisis... View Details
- 10 Aug 2015
- News
Leveraging Veterans’ Competitive Advantage
somehow victims. I don’t believe they are.” Describing his company’s mission as “helping organizations excel by leveraging America’s best talent,” the former Marine artillery and intelligence officer says military training emphasizes...
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- October 1990
- Article
Consequences of Leveraged Buyouts
Palepu, Krishna G. "Consequences of Leveraged Buyouts." Journal of Financial Economics 27, no. 2 (October 1990): 247–262.
- December 2003
- Article
Leveraging Information across Categories
By: Raghu Iyenger, Asim Ansari and Sunil Gupta
Keywords:
Information
Iyenger, Raghu, Asim Ansari, and Sunil Gupta. "Leveraging Information across Categories." Quantitative Marketing and Economics 1, no. 4 (December 2003): 425–465.
- summer 1990
- Article
Leverage Your Warranty Program
By: M. Menezes and J. Quelch
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
- April 2008
- Teaching Note
Leveraged Loans 2007 (TN)
By: Andre F. Perold and Erik Stafford
Teaching Note for 208-145.
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- summer 2003
- Article
Leveraging the Incumbent's Advantage
By: Marco Iansiti, F. Warren McFarlan and George Westerman
Iansiti, Marco, F. Warren McFarlan, and George Westerman. "Leveraging the Incumbent's Advantage." MIT Sloan Management Review 44, no. 4 (summer 2003): 58–64.
- March 1988 (Revised June 1993)
- Background Note
Leveraged Betas and the Cost of Equity
The objective is to delineate on methodology for measuring the risk associated with financial leverage and estimating its impact on the cost of equity capital.
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Asquith, K. Paul. "Leveraged Betas and the Cost of Equity." Harvard Business School Background Note 288-036, March 1988. (Revised June 1993.)
- October 2018
- Teaching Note
Cowen Inc.: Leveraging Data
By: Boris Groysberg, Robin Abrahams and Tricia Gregg
Teaching Note for HBS No. 418-035.
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- 17 Jun 2023
- News
Leverage the IIT Diaspora
- 2002
- Working Paper
Leading by Leveraging Culture
Chatman, Jennifer A., and Sandra E. Cha. "Leading by Leveraging Culture." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 02-088, June 2002.
- June 1989 (Revised March 1992)
- Background Note
Note on Leveraged Buyouts
By: Andrall E. Pearson and Leonard A. Schlesinger
Pearson, Andrall E., and Leonard A. Schlesinger. "Note on Leveraged Buyouts." Harvard Business School Background Note 389-218, June 1989. (Revised March 1992.)
- 06 Dec 2013
- News
Prescription: Leverage Human Nature
- 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...
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Keywords:
Leveraged Buyouts;
Capital Structure;
Borrowing and Debt;
Organizational Structure;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Management;
Business Conglomerates;
Cost of Capital;
Financial Services Industry
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.)