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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
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Behrad Mahdi
"the turnaround was done, and it was time for me to leave. That's when I began to think about going to business school. I had learned so much — unpacking my experiences would be very rewarding. I had strengths in political and... View Details
- 03 Oct 2012
- What Do You Think?
Can We Bring Back the “Industrial Commons” for Manufacturing?
doesn't mean the US can follow this model." Yadeed Lobo was more optimistic. As he put it, "The United States is good at achieving turnarounds " But he warned that "the biggest obstacle will be organizational and... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Advancing Diagnostics that Can Save Lives
who spent six years commercializing drugs and diagnostics in East and West Africa before earning her MBA. “There are frequently delays in diagnosis, where the turnaround time for a biopsy could be several weeks or months.” That lag time,... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Next Level
In 2017, Sarah Bond’s boss, Phil Spencer, the head of Xbox Gaming, warned her that working in the industry would be very difficult. Not just for the usual reasons that corporate America can be tough, but also because, as a Black woman in gaming—an industry with a... 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
- 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
- 01 Mar 2010
- Op-Ed
A Golden Opportunity for Ford and GM
and marketing. He also put himself on the firing line, publicly taking ownership for GM's turnaround and appearing in a series of advertisements challenging consumers to compare GM autos with its competitors. Glimmers of Ford's and GM's... View Details
- 24 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Building an IT Governance Committee
important. We recommend that the IT governance group be made up of independent directors, as is the case with audit and compensation committees. Chairmanship is also critical. For firms in support, factory, or turnaround modes, the... View Details
Keywords: by Richard Nolan & Warren McFarlan
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
James D. Wolfensohn, MBA 1959
decades in the investment world, service on nonprofit boards and think tanks, and management of the financial turnaround of both Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, not to mention a midlife decision to study the... View Details
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Charles O. Rossotti, MBA 1964
turnaround in attitude as to what was possible," he smiles. "Expectations were higher." The only thing Rossotti knew for sure when he graduated from Harvard Business School was that he wanted to be an entrepreneur some day. "My... View Details
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Winners & Success Stories | New Venture Competition
Unlocking Potential Scott Given, MBA 2010 Unlocking Potential is a nonprofit school turnaround organization which rapidly transforms chronically underperforming urban public schools into extraordinary, high-performing, sustainable... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Beyond Accommodation
that reduced government procurement costs and streamlined distribution channels. “This was a turnaround situation,” Gibbons explains. “NIB had a declining top line and was operating in the red. We needed to shift from a monopolistic... 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 2021
- News
Ink: Talking Shop
specializes in retail turnarounds and transformation. Here, Bines shares a few words about his new book and two other indispensable texts about the trade. The Metail Economy 6 Strategies for Transforming Your Business to Thrive in the... View Details
- 22 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
CEO Succession: The Case at Ford
Podcast with: Joseph Bower Interviewer: James Aisner Running Time: 8 min., 23 sec. In early September, Ford Motor Company announced that Bill Ford would be replaced as CEO by Boeing's Alan Mulally, credited with the turnaround of the... View Details