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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
Keywords: by James Heskett; Air Transportation; Financial Services
  • 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
  • 07 Nov 2017
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017

Intermountain’s mission and culture. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/818018-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 518-025 Audubon in 2017: The Turnaround The case briefly describes the 112-year history of the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 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
  • 23 Jul 2013
  • First Look

First Look: July 23

in India: Aditya Birla Financial Services Group Aditya Birla Financial Services Group is a large, broad-based, Indian financial services institution offering products ranging from life insurance and mutual funds to private equity. The company has witnessed a View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 18 Apr 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Ideas, April 18

Scale Global This case tracks Jerome Chouchan’s strategies and execution for a successful turnaround of Godiva Japan’s operations, which were experiencing a decline in sales when he became the managing director of the company in 2010.... View Details
Keywords: by 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
  • 15 Aug 2005
  • HBS Case

Classic Cases Live On at HBS

reading in a trade publication about Benihana's innovative and efficient use of labor and layout to lower costs and facilitate customer turnaround times, Professor Earl Sasser produced the Benihana case in 1972 with research associate... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
  • 24 Jul 2007
  • First Look

First Look: July 24, 2007

Pincus Ventures. The buyout would rid the division of a "bad" parent and place the division's destiny in its own hands. A recently instituted restructuring plan seemed likely to improve profitability, but the turnaround was in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 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
Keywords: by Donald N. Sull, Alejandro Ruelas-Gossi & Martin Escobari
  • 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
  • 20 Jan 2015
  • First Look

First Look: January 20

Biver stay on and gave him responsibility to revive the once venerable, but ailing, watch company Omega. Between 1995 and 1999, Biver led another turnaround effort that increased Omega's revenues from $350 million to $900 million. While... 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
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Service
  • 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
  • 05 Sep 2012
  • First Look

First Look: September 5

contracts. The Big 3 were gaining market share-Ford was now handily outselling Toyota Motor Corp. in the U.S. after falling behind in 2007. Many saw the Big 3 turnaround as proof that a unionized manufacturing industry could be revived... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 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
  • 25 Mar 2014
  • First Look

First Look: March 25

Hilfiger is taken private by Apax Partners after years of disappointing performance and strategic impasse. Students are asked to evaluate alternative strategic options for the company and to propose a concrete turnaround plan for the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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