turnaround - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Feb 1998
News

Touching All the Bases: Stephen A. Greyser

In his MBA elective, The Business of Sports, Professor Stephen A. Greyser brings an insider's knowledge to topics such as league development, sports and the media, corporate sponsorship of sports, marketing for teams in turnaround... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

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 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

Keywords: Joseph L. Bower; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

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

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

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

01 Dec 2003
News

Alumni Luminaries Discuss Careers, Values with HBS Students

Internal Revenue Service. Senior advisor, The Carlyle Group. He upgraded technology and information systems and stressed customer service in a dramatic turnaround of the IRS. Daniel L. Vasella, M.D. (PMD 57, 1989), chairman and CEO of... View Details

Profile

Rohan Gopaldas

completing his MBA in May, Rohan will pursue a management role with a famous fast-food franchise that's in a turnaround situation. Long-term, Rohan wants "to run a restaurant, hotel, or travel company that provides an unforgettable... View Details

01 Apr 1997
News

Managing a Master

Luther King, Jr. The music is superb and the evening unforgettable. It is another in a series of triumphs for an artist who seems destined to become a legend. Edward C. Arrendell (MBA '80), a Boston-based consultant at the time, was in Seattle, Washington, working on... View Details

Keywords: Jeff Lazar

01 Sep 2013
News

Passion & Purpose

curveballs life throws.” After successfully leading turnarounds at Converse and Keds, Jacobson launched Strategic Grant Partners, a foundation and pro bono consulting firm that collaborates with social entrepreneurs to improve the lives... View Details

Keywords: awards; Finance; Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Professional Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Jun 2025
News

Barbie: Reviving a Cultural Icon at Mattel

Like countless others in the summer of 2023, HBS professor Elie Ofek went to the theater to see the blockbuster film Barbie and found himself enveloped by the pink-drenched marketing blitz that had all but taken over the world. To Ofek, who teaches in the Marketing... View Details

Keywords: Christine Speer Lejeune; Illustrations by Miguel Porlan; Educational Services

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

01 Oct 1999
News

Eight Among Many: W. Mitt Romney

right set of experiences." One such item on Romney's résumé was his successful turnaround of the Boston-based consulting firm Bain & Company. Romney joined Bain in 1977, then left in 1984 to become CEO of its venture capital spin-off,... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

Web

Leading a Family Business - Course Catalog

module will emphasize specific opportunities and challenges that leaders will likely encounter, such as how to navigate the career progression or turnaround a family business that has fallen on challenging circumstances. Each session will... View Details

01 Jun 2004
News

Massport, Back on Course

an organization in crisis, primed for transformation. Enter Craig P. Coy (MBA 1983), appointed CEO in April of that year, and HBS professor John A. Quelch (DBA 1977), appointed board chairman in June. Together, they embarked on a View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Massport; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation

13 Jun 2013
News

Learning Curve

Marshall Tuck with kids Photo courtesy of Marshall Tuck Marshall Tuck's exciting new job had a rough start. Selected in late 2006 to head a turnaround of the Los Angeles Unified School District, Tuck (MBA 2000) saw his position evaporate... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

30 Nov 2017
News

Happy Meals (Are Here Again)

transactions—the metrics Karavites tracks most closely—are up at all his locations. Formulating a turnaround strategy required Kempczinski and his team—which included Kristy Cunningham—to get to the heart of what exactly had happened to... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Saverio Truglia

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

Keywords: by Nitin Nohria, Linda Hill, Rosabeth Moss Kanter & Gautam Mukunda

01 Oct 1998
News

Playing to Win

headlong charge that has industry-leader Nike looking over its shoulder. "I'm a gambler, and I like the challenges that turnarounds present," explains the tall, curly-haired Louis-Dreyfus. "And with a turnaround, you're only expected to... View Details