Reid turned down a three-year, $6.6 million deal because the collective-bargaining agreement between owners and players allows players with leverage to negotiate for one additional year at the player's option.
"This is a diverse company with the leverage for consistent growth and with intellectual property that makes us money," says Paul Hastings, president of Chiron's pharmaceuticals division.
But Rosner, a veteran of negotiating with Nike, said Bryant's high profile might have provided him with the leverage for a narrowly drawn clause that would make him very difficult to fire, short of a conviction.
The superstars also provide a record company with leverage in the retail market for other offerings.
Car dealerships are also very familiar with the concept of leverage for stocking their car lots and usually understand the parallel between financing for automobiles and financing the premiums for a permanent life insurance policy.
The state's constitution required bail to be set for everyone charged with a noncapital crime as leverage for defendants to show up for court.
Top officials thought that any controversy generated by the family separations could be parlayed into leverage for negotiations with Democrats over the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and border wall funding, according to current and former DHS officials involved in planning the policy.
E.U. lawmakers also regard the Cypriots' desperate need for cash as leverage for a settlement with Turkey, but underline the huge political challenges.
China can also use North Korea's nuclear weapons as leverage for any negotiations with the U.S., Japan, and South Korea.
Many of the kinks and problems with leveraging Facebook for recommendations, gifting and otherwise, will be overcome in time.
Gartner defines search-based discovery tools as those that "enable users to develop and refine views and analyses of structured and unstructured data using search terms". As organizations become increasingly preoccupied with leveraging data for gains in operational efficiencies, the ability to easily access that information becomes paramount.
