Case | HBS Case Collection | 2013 (Revised from original 2012 version)
by Howard H. Stevenson, Michael J. Roberts and James M. Sharpe
About to break bank covenants, Peter Jepsen has to deal with a contentious prior owner, improve profitability and staff appropriately all while maintaining credibility with his investors, in the furniture hardware company he has owned for less than a year.
Keywords: Acquisitions; bankruptcy; crisis management; entrepreneurial management; entrepreneurial finance; entrepreneurship; financial crisis; turnarounds; financial distress; negotiation; entrepreneurs; bank loan; Search Funds; liquidation; boards of directors; ethics; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Acquisition; Entrepreneurship; Manufacturing Industry; United States;
Citation:
Stevenson, Howard H., Michael J. Roberts, and James M. Sharpe. "Peter Jepsen." Harvard Business School Case 813-046, April 2013. (Revised from original July 2012 version.)
Peter Jepsen
Howard H. Stevenson, Michael J. Roberts and James M. Sharpe
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Early Career LBOs Using the Search Fund Model
Howard Stevenson, Michael Roberts, Jim Sharpe, Howard Stevenson, Michael Roberts, Jim Sharpe, Howard Stevenson, Michael Roberts and Jim Sharpe
Keywords: Search Funds; search; leveraged buyouts; entrepreneurial finance; investor behavior; career planning; entrepreneurial management; fundraising; negotiation; Entrepreneurship; Capital Structure; Borrowing and Debt; Personal Development and Career; Private Ownership; Acquisition; Finance; Leveraged Buyouts;