Franklin Warranty - The Case Centre

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Case

Reference no. E390

Subject category: Entrepreneurship

Authors: Harold Irving Grousbeck (Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University); Arar Han (Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University)

Published by: Stanford Business School

Originally published in: 2010

Version: 11 September 2012

Length: 14 pages

Data source: Field research

Topics: Search fund; Insurance industry; Service contracts; Employee termination; Valuation dispute; GAAP application; Insolvency; Investor relations

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Abstract

Geminus Capital Partners, a search fund, acquired Franklin Warranty, an extended service contract company, in early 2008. When the market crashed, issues with due diligence, Board composition, sales management, and others come to light, setting the stage for a rocky set of management challenges.

Location:

Wilkes Barre, PA

Industry:

Service contracts, insurance

Other setting(s):

2012