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Desperate Times Call for Effective Turnarounds

BCG

Article Friday, November 11, 2016. We refer to these as turnaround and restructuring efforts. At this point, the company starts burning through cash reserves and needs to launch a turnaround. . Turnaround and restructuring programs involve applying all three components: * Funding the Journey. Winning in the Medium Term.

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GE’s Fall Has Been Accelerated by Two Problems. Most Other Big Companies Face Them, Too.

Harvard Business

During the Immelt era, the dominant mode had been of strategy by way of mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures (MA&D), including most recently the disastrous merger of the GE oil and gas business with Baker Hughes in 2016. In the fall of 2017 under Flannery, MA&D unsurprisingly became GE’s turnaround strategy tool.

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How Organic Wine Finally Caught On

Harvard Business

The Turnaround. While 6% of the wine sold at Systembolaget in 2011 was organic, by 2016 it was over 20%. European legislation finally emerged for organic wine in 2012, allowing producers to add sulfites up to a certain maximum level. However, in the United States, the USDA disallowed the use of added sulfites in organic wine.

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Best Practices Survey

Women in Consulting

Whether your business continues to expand, has experienced a slowdown or turnaround, or is consistent with last year, we want to hear about your experiences. The survey asks some detailed questions about your business for the 2016 calendar year, so be prepared with the following information: Total revenue for 2016.

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4 Ways CEOs Can Conquer Short-Termism

Harvard Business

Aetna’s growth and employee investment strategy has paid off: Its stock rose threefold in the last five years, and it posted record revenue and earnings in 2016. CEOs have a great deal of control over the financial targets they set. Doug Conant got his senior team aligned around a both/and outlook using positive peer pressure.

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The Decline of Yahoo in Its Own Words

Harvard Business

Plenty of theories have been put forth to explain Yahoo’s failures, as the company seeks a buyer following a failed turnaround attempt. One of the most prominent is that Yahoo was late to mobile. “Yahoo’s mobile business barely existed” when Marissa Mayer took over as CEO in 2012, wrote Vauhini Vara at The New Yorker.

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Improving Airlines’ On-Time Performance

BCG

Article Wednesday, September 21, 2016. OTP is also affected by decisions made in multiple areas, including fleet size and composition, flight crew composition, and flight turnaround times. Sometimes it pays to sweat the small stuff. Take on-time performance (OTP). and only about 50% on time at 6:00 p.m.