o improve or enhance: "It makes more sense to be able to leverage what we [public radio stations] do in a more effective way to our listeners" (Delano Lewis).
Operating leverage---the use of fixed resourcesFinancial leverage---the use of debtsBoth operating and financial leverage imply that the firm will employ a heavy component of fixed cost resources....
Operating leverage is the degree to which cost within a company is fixed. Fixed costs are costs that do not vary with sales. For example, the salary of a manager on a contract is fixed; that is...