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- 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
- 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
- 06 Oct 2011
- What Do You Think?
How Will the ‘Moneyball Generation’ Influence Management?
dashboard, "indirect goals" that help predict and explain financial performance beyond the "direct goal" of profit. These might include the speed of aircraft turnaround in the airline industry, the conversion rate of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Case Study: Up in the Air
(AMP 190, 2016) The biggest hurdle is the not-invented-here syndrome: The head of development or the VP of IT always thinks he/she can do it better, and no one wants to see a reduction in their own empire. Ultimately, cost, turnaround... View Details
- 23 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 23, 2015
on the Brink (B): Transformation Year 1 Results Analyzes the results of the Thomas Cook turnaround plan after the first year under Harriet Green's leadership (November 2013). Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 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
- 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 Mar 2018
- News
Case Study: On the Record
the risk associated with investing the potentially significant time and money necessary for the R&D, equipment, and talent that could eliminate these bottlenecks, or focus on growing the business with its current industry-leading View Details
Keywords: April White
- 10 Jan 2020
- Blog Post
Know Your Audience - Recruiting HBS Students for Retail
have to be a success story. If your company is doing a turnaround and you want to hire smart MBAs to help right the ship, that will draw students in.” HBS students are eager to make an impact and to join leaders with a genuine purpose.... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- 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
- 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
- Web
Winners & Success Stories | New Venture Competition
turnaround organization which rapidly transforms chronically underperforming urban public schools into extraordinary, high-performing, sustainable schools. Our turnaround schools ensure that students acquire... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- What Do You Think?
When Business Performance Falters, is Culture Change the Fix?
Organization for Sustained Advantage (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2009), pp. 295-325. Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., Who Says Elephants Can’t Dance?: Inside IBM’s Historic Turnaround (New York: HarperCollins, 2002), pp. 181-182. Jay W. Lorsch... View Details
Keywords: by James L. Heskett
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Banishing Balkan Ghosts
turnaround value and potential for wealth creation: Societies find it easier to return to high levels they once held than to achieve them for the first time. And after Milosevic, everyone is open to change.” With democracy currently... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Alumni News | Bookshelf
and Roger L. Martin (MBA 1981) (Harvard Business Review Press) The authors explain what strategy is for, why it's necessary, and how to get it done. And they use P&G's very successful turnaround (doubling its sales, quadrupling its... View Details
- Profile
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
- 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
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Snapshot: Gary DiCamillo, Polaroid's CEO
Gary T. DiCamillo (MBA '75) was second in command at Black & Decker Corporation and leading a turnaround of that company's power tools division when Polaroid snapped him up in late 1995. The world-famous instant-imaging company made him... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry