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Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, 4/c/e
Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, 4/e
Stephen A. Ross, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Randolph W. Westerfield, University of Southern California
Bradford D. Jordan, University of Kentucky
Gordon S. Roberts, York University
Financial Leverage and Capital Structure Policy

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Highly leveraged transactions called LBOs attempt to gain control of a firm through the use of borrowed funds, and their perpetrators hope to profit from de-leveraging the acquired assets in the future and doing a reverse LBO. Onex Corp is a example of a Canadian company that specializes in doing LBO deals. Click on their website and explain the principles that underlie Onex's operating philosophy.
 




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