Introduction Butler Capital Partners (Butler) is an investment fund founded in 1990. Butler closed its first private equity fund‚ European Strategic Fund‚ in 1991. This first fund was mainly focusing on small family owned enterprises and on divisions of larger companies. Mainly of his first success he closed in 1998 his second fund‚ Private Equity II‚ and Butler became one of the largest independent funds in France. With his second fund he would focus on investments in France on a larger scale
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Southwest Airlines: The AirTran Acquisition Executive Summary 1. After the deregulation of the US Airline industry in 1978‚ the barriers to entry within the industry came down significantly and many Low Cost Carriers emerged overtime. 2. The emergence of rival Low Cost Carriers and the improvement in the Operation Efficiencies of Full Cost Carriers progressively eroded Southwest’s competitive advantage. 3. A closer look at AirTran’s value chain and its resultant efficiency shows
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billion dollar investment in 2004. According to Josh Kosman‚ business reporter for the New York Post‚ private equity firms purchase businesses through leveraged buy-outs in which the majority of the money for the acquisition comes from loading the purchased company down with debt. Kosman states that Vanguard actually borrowed the money to fund its buyout by the Blackstone Group‚ and “for the year ending June 30‚ 2008‚ Vanguard spent 122 million on debt payments which contribute to a 4 million dollar
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INDUSTRY ANALYSIS PAPER: Direct Sellers of Personal Care Products School of Business Administration ECO 6351 Economics for Managers (Spring 2007) Dr. Chien Chen Team #6: Nisha Stephens and Cathy Osh As a team member‚ I hereby certify and warrant: (a) that this Paper is our original team work; (b) that we have acknowledged all the sources used in this Paper. I understand that copying of another’s work and representing it as our own work is a serious academic offense‚ and should be treated as such;
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Strategic Management Case Cardinal Health Inc. by Developed for Study Assignment Purposes for MBA Course at American Military University BUSN 620 Strategic Management Cardinal Health helps pharmacies‚ hospitals and ambulatory care focus on patient care 1 Disclaimer and Material Purpose Material Purpose: This document and all of the materials contained within are strictly for study assignment purposes to fulfill MBA course BUSN 620 Strategic Management on August 01‚ 2011-September 25‚ 2011
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one survive e.g. HDFC BK + TIMES BK = HDFC 3. Takeovers: control over mgmt thru substantial portion of its equity. e.g. Credit Swiss Group controlled First Boston’s Mgmt thru Equity acquisition. Both remained in existence. 4. Asset purchases: A buyout a division or assets of T e.g. Coca-Cola paid Rs 170Cr to Parle for its Soft drinks brands like Thumps up‚ Limca‚ Gold Spot‚ etc. The Acquisition Process 1. Acquisition Search 2. Approaching the Target a. Passive Strategy b. Active Strategy
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Stephen Kim MGMT 430 Growing for Broke Case Write Up A. Executive Summary: Paragon Tools is having a difficult time deciding if the company should acquire MonitoRobotics or completely remove the service area from the company. The company was facing foreign competition. So they decided to launch a number of different initiatives that were designed to spur revenue growth‚ which gave aggressive pricing and sales to increase with more share in the core market. Those tactics drove out most of the new
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------------------------------------------------- QUIZ1 FF2-1 What are the three sources of financial value? ---------time value‚ transformation value‚ and arbitrage FF32-92 Which statement most accurately describes the members on the Board of Directors? --------They often are successful outsiders with careers unrelated to the mission of the company They are elected to the Board by shareholders They usually are not employees of the company FF29
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A PROJECT ON RISE AND FALL OH ‘LEHAMN BROTHERS’ Submitted towards the partial fulfillment of 3rd Semester of MBA- LLM/MBL Degree course‚ for Financial Market and Regulatory Systems Submitted to: Submitted By: Mr. P.K. Jain Parinita Jhawar (261) Mr. Sharad Kothari Romi Kansara (267) Faculty in-charge Sanjana Khanna (268) M.B.A.-M.B.L. (III Sem) ------------------------------------------------- INTRODUCTION In an increasingly interdependent
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on whether to sell the business to Hickory for 5.1 million or to “maintain business as usual.” Though the White family was split on whether or not to sell‚ the company was bought out by Hickory. The new owner made promises that‚ “even after the buyout‚ Steve White ’s son‚ Sam‚ would be kept on as the company ’s president.” However‚ these promises turned out to be empty because‚ “as soon as the papers were signed‚ sealed and delivered‚ everything changed....Under the new ownership‚ virtually all
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