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- 24 Apr 2014
- News
A bold experiment in education
ensure under-resourced children have the opportunity to succeed in college and beyond. Four years ago, NOCP embarked upon a turnaround of Walter L. Cohen High School, once coined “America’s Most Dangerous High School” and the lowest... View Details
- 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
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Reproductions | Baker Library
the Requesting Material (Scroll down to Types of Requests, Copy Requests) section of the HOLLIS for Archival Discovery guide for instructions. Turnaround Time We do our best to provide copies within a reasonable amount of time, depending... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Blue No Longer
In March, Louis Gerstner (MBA '65), IBM's CEO since 1993, stepped down after achieving a remarkable turnaround at Big Blue. Gerstner, who lacked any previous experience in the computer industry, frequently defied conventional management... View Details
- 22 Sep 2015
- News
Turning Troubled Schools into High-Achievers
of stories of success. If I think about one of our turnaround schools, before we intervened at that school, only about 12 or 13 percent of students were demonstrating grade-level proficiency in mathematics and in reading. We were asked to... View Details
- Portrait Project
Tiberius Vadan
mentor to others who need that extra bit of encouragement to tackle the difficult challenge of shifting to the US as business professionals. As a turnaround executive, I will relentlessly pursue the mission of working with crippled... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
All Aboard
Railroad management used to be a hot topic at HBS, but that was a few decades before David Gunn (MBA '64) arrived at Soldiers Field. Too bad, because Gunn is a modern incarnation of the quintessential railroad man. These days, that usually means he has to be a View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Brick by Brick
Case Study Illustration by Corbis/Matthias Kulka Sometimes, a company's history contains more drama than a Russian novel. A recent case, "LEGO," explores how the toy maker grew to global dominance from humble beginnings, the mistakes that led it near bankruptcy, and... View Details
- 18 May 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Anjali Vaidya (MBA 2010)
enjoy team management for the teaching aspect. It’s personally very rewarding to see someone take my advice or general direction and produce useful results. I enjoy turnarounds because they are very difficult and no one expects the... View Details
- 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
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Q & A: A Conversation with IRS Chief Charles Rossotti
possible turnaround of this huge institution, one that affects everybody in the country. I saw it as an opportunity to bring about fundamental change at an agency that really needed it, to have an impact on a key function of government,... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
MBA 101: HBS Commencements Pass the Century Mark
Associate Professor Anita Elberse (Strategic Marketing in Creative Industries), Professor Frances Frei (TOM), Senior Lecturer Stephen Kaufman (TOM), Professor Deepak Malhotra (Negotiation), and Professor Paul Marshall (Entrepreneurial Management in a View Details
- 02 Feb 2017
- News
Growing and Competing at the Local Level
helps small businesses in his state contribute to America’s competitiveness and economic health. “In running manufacturing facilities, I’ve been an operations turnaround person for my entire career—except for the last five years. I would... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Avoiding a Succession Crisis
years is the reported average tenure for turnaround artists), profits may be better but the company is strategically weaker. And their turnaround has not involved investment in leaders for the future. As a... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Short Takes
companies, turnaround companies, and low-performing companies. But in order to focus on how compensation decisions are made, he garnered most of his data from interviews with the compensation committee chairs from fifty of the sample's... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 02 Dec 2014
- Blog Post
Building a Consumer-Centric Strategy: Highlights from the Marketing & CPG Club’s Conference
featured 3 keynotes, 6 panels, a networking lunch and cocktail hour. As thought leaders in marketing, our keynotes delivered powerful presentations about how their company’s execute a consumer-centric strategy: Michael Moynihan of LEGO shared the story of LEGO’s View Details
- 18 Apr 2005
- Research & Ideas
Selling Luxury to Everyone
lifespan in the fashion industry. "What used to be a six-month turnaround in fashion is now six weeks," she said. Morse said his company is competing with an ever-more crowded market in cosmetics, a high-margin business that has... View Details
- Profile
Kendall Brinker
"But it's amazing how quickly you get to know 90 people. They make the campus a comfortable environment – there's always someone I can approach with my questions." Outside of classes, Kendall has attracted speakers and organized panels for the annual View Details
- 13 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 13
firm boundary. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-104.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsThe HLB Turnaround Lynda M. Applegate, Bhaskar Chakravorti, and Laura WinigHarvard Business School Case 810-023 Ford Pearson has... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Oct 2024
- News
On the Move: Nikos Bartzoulianos (MBA 2008)
After nearly nine years in a series of marketing and strategy roles at Samsung—where he logged approximately 2.5 million air miles and earned status as a “permanent resident” of Korea—Nikos Bartzoulianos (MBA 2008) made the leap to Electrolux Group Chief Marketing... View Details