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- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards: Honorees and Victories
microfinance and empowering poor women in more than forty countries to become entrepreneurs and change agents. Louis V. Gerstner Jr. (MBA ’65) The current chairman of The Carlyle Group and the former chairman and CEO of IBM, Lou Gerstner was the architect of one of the... View Details
- 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.
- 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
- Profile
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
- 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
- Profile
Matt Thurmond
he left Mississippi State, he engaged in two formative adventures: leading his fraternity in a turnaround from near-bankruptcy to winning the "overall excellence award" on campus; and leading a group of fifty fellow students on... View Details
- 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 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
- 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
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Cutting Edge
irrelevance. The company's signature wild cherry–flavored product all but disappeared from retailers' shelves; by 2012, annual revenues had sunk to about $1 million. Enter Steve Silk (MBA 1978), turnaround maestro and patron saint of lost... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Andrew H. Tisch
successful turnaround management is to try to make the least bad decision based on imperfect and incomplete information,” Tisch says. “The case method helped prepare me to do that.” Tisch's leadership qualities were very much in evidence... 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
- 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
- 26 May 2016
- News
Thomas J. Tierney, MBA 1980
says. Over the next decade he proved that he was up to the task, so much so that in 1993, when the firm hit hard times, Bain CEO Mitt Romney (MBA 1974/JD 1975) asked Tierney to head the company. “The rational response would have been to decline,” observes Tierney, who... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Barbie: Reviving a Cultural Icon at Mattel
both a cultural phenomenon and a fascinating case study of a struggling 66-year-old brand’s stunning turnaround effort, using the film to help modernize and reframe the doll for a new generation. In his case, “Barbie: Reviving a Cultural... View Details
- 14 Nov 2019
- News
Keeping Red Lobster Fresh
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Courtesy Red Lobster Dan Morrell: Kim Lopdrup (MBA 1984) is a turnaround expert. Early in his career, he helped revive Dunkin Donuts’ American coffee business and then... View Details
- 12 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 12
case:http://hbr.org/search/113099-PDF-ENG Entrepreneurial Management in a Turnaround Environment (EMTE) Fall 2012: Course Overview and Syllabus Sharpe, JimHarvard Business School Case 813-127 Course Overview and Syllabus in the Fall Term... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne