Meaning & use
management buy-in
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Meaning
nouncountablebusinessfinance
the act of outside managers buying a company, often with financial backing, and taking over its running
Grammar: Countable: you can say a management buy-in or two management buy-ins.
Patterns
- a management buy-in of a company
- lead a management buy-in
- finance a management buy-in
The struggling chain was rescued by a management buy-in led by two retail veterans.
A management buy-in can bring fresh leadership, but the new team may clash with existing staff.
Word forms
| plural | management buy-ins |
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Common combinations
- lead a management buy-in
- She left her job to lead a management buy-in at a small engineering firm.
- finance a management buy-in
- The bank agreed to finance a management buy-in of the family business.
- a management buy-in team
- The management buy-in team had no experience of the industry.
Synonyms and how they differ
- buy-in
- A short form used when the context already makes the business meaning clear.
- takeover
- A general word for gaining control of a company; it does not say whether the buyers are inside or outside managers.
Word family
- management buyout noun
- A deal in which the company's existing managers buy it, rather than outside managers.
- buy-in noun
- The short form of management buy-in, or more generally agreement and support for a plan.
Commonly confused: management buy-in or management buyout?
management buy-in vs management buyout
A buy-in is led by managers from outside the company; a buyout is led by the company's own managers.
Practice
In a management buy-in, who usually takes over the company?
Choose one answer.
A management buy-in involves outside managers coming in to run the company. The company's own managers doing the buying would be a management buyout, not a buy-in.
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