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Desperate Times Call for Effective Turnarounds

BCG

We refer to these as turnaround and restructuring efforts. Sales numbers may be stable, or even growing, yet profitability has begun to decline. Sales are now stagnating or declining, while profit margins turn markedly negative. At this point, the company starts burning through cash reserves and needs to launch a turnaround. .

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FTI Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

FTI CONSULTING INTERVIEWS & CULTURE. FTI expanded into investigation and research capabilities as well as turnaround, restructuring, bankruptcy and forensic accounting with the moves. Restructuring/Turnaround Services. However, US-based clients still account for the vast majority (around 75%) of sales. Private Equity.

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Seabury Group Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Founded in 1995 by former Bain consultants and headquartered in New York City, they focus on developing airline strategy and implementing major operational turnaround. SEABURY GROUP CULTURE. As far as the firm’s history, that’s about as in depth as it gets.

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Bad News: You Have to Grow to Pay Your Debt

Martinka Consulting

On May 4, 2015 a Wall Street Journal article discussed the Japanese company Suntory and its 2014 acquisition of Jim Beam. One of the most interesting comments was: “To help pay back debt amassed in the deal-one of the biggest-ever overseas transactions by a Japanese company-Suntory is trying to double global spirits sales by 2020.

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How Organic Wine Finally Caught On

Harvard Business

Whole Foods Market, which by 2010 accounted for over one half of organic food sales in the United States, did little to promote organic wines. The Turnaround. In an increasingly globalized 21 st century world, organic wine had become a potent symbol of localized place and culture strongly tied to the past century. What changed?

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A Transformation Is Underway at U.S. Veterans Affairs. We Got an Inside Look.

Harvard Business

In 2014, the U.S. In the end, a combination of unattainable objectives, an environment that lacked transparency, and a culture where failure was not perceived to be a viable option, led some VA administrators and clinic staff to manipulate data to make it appear as though the wait time goal was being achieved.

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