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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Even so, the results underscored a common criticism of the motives for buyouts. Richard Thevenet, vice president of Stern Stewart & Co., a Manhattan- based management efficiency consultant, put it bluntly: "Managers have an incentive to underperform before a buyout. Records of dramatic turnarounds after an LBO raise a troubling question. Why were these managers unable to accomplish these feats before the LBO? Shareholders bear all the costs, but not the rewards of the turnaround...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where's the Limit? Ross Johnson and the RJR Nabisco Takeover Battle | 12/5/1988 | See Source »

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