For the second time in fourteen months, Christopher Owen, the second generation owner of the processing accuracy Owen (OPM), was run out cash. Owen thought he was doing wrong. How much extra money he would need to collect to get the OPM for the next twelve months, and that he may have changed now, to fix it in the long term? Owen's thoughts also turned to the conversation he had last month with two Harvard Business School graduates who are looking to purchase industrial business, having spent his early career in the aircraft manufacturing company GE Engine Division in Lynn, Massachusetts. Their offer of $ 1.1 million, or 6.9x times 2011 EBITDA of $ 159,292, was a pleasant surprise, but Owen was not interested in getting out of the business of his family. Given the situation of cash flows should be reviewed Owen purchase offer? "Hide
by Ramana Nanda, James McQuade Source: Harvard Business School 8 pages. Publication Date: July 18, 2012. Prod. #: 813036-PDF-ENG