Turnarounds - Publications - Faculty & Research

07 Oct 2024
News

On the Move: Nikos Bartzoulianos (MBA 2008)

particularly admire? One is an HBS grad, AG Lafley (MBA 1977), who led such a big turnaround at Procter & Gamble. Pankaj Bhalla and Austin Lally also at P&G, are two others. I loved how much emphasis they put on talent development and... View Details

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Tafadzwa Samushonga

toward ‘doing’.” Through a project management role at Life Healthcare, she drove strategic initiatives while working closely with the teams responsible for execution. And at ThoughtWorks, she provided technical assistance to the Operations Team, most notably, leading... View Details

Keywords: Consulting

01 May 2006
Research & Ideas

What Companies Lose from Forced Disclosure

payoff than the firm. In our model, the horizon mismatch occurs because managers take actions based on longer-term consequences than the firm cares about. That is, the firm's preferred actions are myopic relative to the manager's career. For example, a troubled firm... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

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

17 Mar 2011
News

Make or Break for the USA?

Can U.S. manufacturing ever regain its once robust and thriving condition? The current issue of the Bulletin, which focuses on U.S. manufacturing and competitiveness, finds some optimistic signs amid intensified competition. But it’s clear there’s still a long way to... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Manufacturing

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

Keywords: Google; Yahoo; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

01 Oct 1998
News

A Career to Smile About

advantage." Speed has also characterized Juliber's ascent up the corporate ladder. After helping to double sales and triple profits for CP's Asian operations in only three years, she was named chief technological officer for worldwide operations. She was then asked to... View Details

Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr.

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 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

01 Dec 1997
News

The World's Banker

for his public service, including an Honorary Knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II. He is currently chairman of the board of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University. Today, over two years into his tenure at the Bank, Wolfensohn is deeply absorbed in his... View Details

01 Oct 1998
News

Tech Trekker

Symbolics, the supermom helped lift the firm's revenues from $1 million to $120 million. From there, Lang led a string of turnarounds and product launches with software companies. In 1993 she signed on with Lotus Development Corporation.... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

01 Dec 2016
News

How DC is Taxing the Country

in three years, with firms less able to compete in the global marketplace, pay employees higher wages and benefits, or both. A turnaround would require a national economic strategy—and that would require a functional political system, the... View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs

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

Keywords: by Julie Jette; Consumer Products

03 Apr 2007
First Look

First Look: April 3, 2007

and continued thought the successful turnaround under her successor, Mark Hurd. As such, special focus is given to the individual board personalities and their conflicts over this time in order to fully explore the environment in which... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

27 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

How Leaders Build Winning Streaks

turnaround of the Anaheim Mighty Ducks in the 2002-2003 season? Was it Paul Pressler as head of Disney Sports, because he got investment funds from Disney CEO Michael Eisner and then hired Bryan Murray? Was it Bryan Murray as the general... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

01 May 2017
Blog Post

Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone at HBS

years, I wanted to learn more about how top corporate executives developed turnaround strategies for their companies and managed diverse teams. I also wanted to bring back those same strategies and approaches into social justice... View Details

01 Jun 1999
News

Q & A: Pat Russo - Focused on the Future at Lucent Technologies

business through a successful restructuring and financial turnaround that has transformed it into Lucent's second-largest global operation. Asked about her strategy for personal success, Russo replies, "I like opportunities that are new... View Details

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Paul Wang

distributing mosquito nets to the needy, and we’re evaluating the effectiveness of different evaluation approaches. TAMTAM evaluations are practical, not theoretical; we promise to deliver research results in just a few months. The quick 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