Concept information
Preferred term
leveraged buyouts
Definition
- A leveraged buyout (LBO) is an acquisition strategy whereby a company is purchased by another company (typically an investment firm) using borrowed money (bonds or loan). LBOs have played an important role in the restructuring of corporate America in the 1980s. [Source: Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society; Leveraged Buyouts]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/leveraged_buyouts
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