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- 30 Jan 2019
- What Do You Think?
Who Will Measure up to These Two Remarkable Leaders?
operates on a strategy of low costs, low fares, full planes, and rapid turnarounds to keep those planes in the air, thus reducing the cost of an airline’s most costly asset. It fills (often secondary) airports so successfully that there... View Details
- 17 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 17, 2015
contemporary leaders, he selects transparency as his tool. He is, however, unique in adopting a highly nuanced approach to implementing transparency. In the process, he not only leads a fantastic organizational turnaround but also helps... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 20
company's, and his, legacy will be after declaring bankruptcy despite a cultural turnaround and successful operations. Purchase this supplement:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/610061-PDF-ENG The Last DVD Format War? Andrei... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 14, 2009
is of serious concern to the manager(s) at OppenheimerFunds as well as to other investors. This leads a media turnaround firm to contact OppenheimerFunds and other large Take-Two shareholders with the intention of ousting the company's... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Nov 2024
- Book
Building the Road to 'Small Business Utopia' with AI and Fintech
evidence suggests the opposite. If new intelligence is developed that will help them succeed, small businesses will find a way to adopt it. Small businesses are hungry for new solutions. They responded so positively to the early fintechs’ quick View Details
- 05 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 5
Scorecard to accomplish a turnaround and cultural change after eight consecutive years of financial losses and market share declines. The team uses the strategy map to align financial and project resources to the strategy and to motivate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Nov 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, November 13, 2018
turnaround distressed companies. But as CD&R entered into its fifth decade and its largest fund to date (nearly $10 billion AUM), competition, AUMs, industry "dry powder," and buyout valuations were all on the rise. Within... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Dec 2013
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Remember Nelson Mandela
Professor of Business Administration: Don't just mourn Nelson Mandela. Learn to be Nelson Mandela. He was the consummate turnaround leader. As the first democratically-elected president of post-apartheid South Africa, he took on and... View Details
- 14 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 14
its competition and into financial trouble. The case ends with a pivotal vote by shareholders on whether to sell this family company. Clarks (B) summarizes the results of the shareholders vote described in the (A) case. And, Clarks (C) describes the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 30
development of a public school turnaround initiative in Boston, Teach Plus showed that teacher-driven policy initiatives filled an important gap in the education reform landscape. By mid-2011, Teach Plus had grown to a network of more... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Developing-World Companies Teach Us About Innovation
Contractors often change their orders at the last minute, but CEMEX found that, on average, it took three hours between the time when a change order was received and when the order could be delivered. To decrease turnaround time in its... View Details
- 17 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 17
Where Acros Dorados, an Argentina-based multinational, is facing new organizational challenges as it seeks to build on its recent turnaround and grow in Brazil and Mexico. Woods Staton and his management team have to make some hard... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Break Your Addiction to Service Heroes
red on food service. But Southwest doesn't pay much attention to that, because getting better at food service would slow its turnaround time, which is a big green for the airline when it comes to pleasing its customers. So we work on... View Details
- 23 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 23
as a turnaround expert, starting with its own portfolio. Iris must consider the advantages and drawbacks of each position and how each will help her achieve her personal goals. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 7
and the concentration of the certification industry. We also analyze the possibility that certifiers opt for a quick turnaround time at the expense of a lower accuracy. Finally, we investigate the opportunity of regulating transparency. ... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 24 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 24
Focuses on selecting a turnaround approach from the point of view of a general manager (the CEO). Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/806099-PDF-ENG Purchase this supplement... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 3
Marissa Mayer became the CEO of Yahoo!, a tech giant with a tumultuous past. When Mayer tries to reinvigorate the company, she hires Jacqueline Reses, who has a private equity background, to head both human resources and mergers and acquisitions (M&A). As part of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Mar 2010
- Research & Ideas
Ruthlessly Realistic: How CEOs Must Overcome Denial
trouble. Not only will that news go unheard but potential truth-tellers will quickly learn to keep quiet. Or get out. Q: What is it about IBM and Intel that saved them from the fate of other companies that fell victim to denial? A: One key factor in IBM's 1990s View Details
- 28 Aug 2014
- Op-Ed
Government Can Do More to Unfreeze Small Business Credit
streamline loan paperwork and reduce turnaround times, particularly in small dollar loans. Together, these actions resulted in three record years in SBA lending. In 2012 alone, 3,786 financial institutions made an SBA-guaranteed loan, up... View Details
- 16 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 16
turnaround from near bankruptcy to the prospect of a continued stream of surpluses. Now its CEO faces the challenge of maintaining the organization's focus in the face of an increasing number of ideas for new services that the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne