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- 01 Sep 2004
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Tracking a Turnaround
insurance payments. As if this challenge weren’t enough, the CEO then agrees to meet with outsiders during his first six months on the job to answer questions about his performance in a series of videotaped sessions. Unlikely as it...
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- 01 Mar 2014
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The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
and a team of investors bought the shuttered plant and got it up and running again. Adopting a local word for "genesis," Okoloko would call his new company Notore Chemical Industries Ltd. Looking for professional managers two years later,...
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- 01 Mar 2019
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The One That Got Away
improved experience. I’ve since learned to trust my instincts on founders and markets more and not overthink it, especially when it comes to those very early-stage investments. Bejul Somaia (MBA 1998) Lightspeed India Partners Speak Up, Sonny I met with the Visio View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
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The Best-Laid Plans
morning known as “Super Saturday,” 63 student teams present these and other ideas in the Aldrich classrooms where other people’s ventures are the usual topic of discussion. Judges — a mix of angel investors, VCs, serial entrepreneurs, and...
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- 13 Jul 2016
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From Money to Ministry
LST (landing ship tank), where he shared a command over 150 sailors. “It was a great leadership experience,” Quainton says. “I had to learn how to make a team out of men who’d come from vastly different experiences and education.”...
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Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2016
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Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2016
Fabufestan Exposés-Book I by Ralph Hancox (PMD 26) (Fictive Press) The adventures of Gregor “Legs” Morowitz, on parole and virtually destitute, after he is offered his old job back at a Canadian boutique documentary and advertising company. The owners want him to head...
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- 10 Mar 2017
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The Business of Lego Batman
Connecticut. So it's how do you manage this process. And you're like a CEO. You can't micromanage every part of the process, because there are a lot of things that are out of my control. So it's how do you set a vision? How do you hire the right View Details
- 02 Oct 2015
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The ‘F’ Word
a team they trusted—and especially me. Our near-catastrophe became a source of guidance: Which decisions, large and small, would most likely preserve and strengthen the confidence of our backers? It has proven a useful guide then and in...
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Walt Disney Studios
- 01 Jun 1996
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Four Professors to Retire
years at the School. He has produced over one hundred articles and ten books on corporate governance, energy, and international business. Stobaugh's current work focuses on how boards of directors can improve their performance. His research was the first to link...
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Elaine Gottlieb and John Prestage
- 01 Mar 2016
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Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
Skooter, his wife of sixty years, as she accompanied him on work-related trips to foreign countries. A Profile of the Performing Arts Industry by David H. Gaylin (MBA 1979) (Business Expert Press) At their best, the View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
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Blockbuster Deals
corporate gamesmanship and dizzying sums associated with M&A; activity, for the business scholar, such deals are often more interesting as windows inside organizations, revealing how they adapt and perform in times of dramatic change....
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Garry Emmons and Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Mar 2011
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Making Their Way
done, but we retain U.S. production. That flexibility and one-stop shopping is a key to attracting business.” For manufacturing operations conducted in China, CGM has experienced on-site teams that are well-versed in Chinese culture,...
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- 01 Oct 1996
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Leading In a New Era
arrival at LC in 1994 that the company had done relatively little consumer research, he immediately launched an intensive survey of customer needs. He also performed an asset inventory of the entire organization, which revealed "a lot of...
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Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Oct 1996
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Lasting Impressions
activities. I still view work as an arena where I can thrive and grow, but in 25 years I've gone from being a rookie on the team to being a star player, and now I'm really making the transition to coach." Joe O'Donnell concurs. "I love...
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Deborah E. Blagg