Tom Spencer

JULY 2, 2015

The company started making handheld wireless devices in 1999 and gained substantial market share in the initial smart phone market prior to the release of the iPhone in 2007. Operations. A leading financial services company is trying to reduce operating expenditures. Turnarounds. Should it sell rockets to competitors?

Consulting 60

Consulting Turnaround Case Interview Retail 60

Harvard Business

JUNE 2, 2016

On Google’s earnings call for the first quarter of 2006 – more than a year before the iPhone was released and more than two years before the release of the first Android-operated smartphone – CEO Eric Schmidt went out of his way to talk about mobile. One of the most prominent is that Yahoo was late to mobile.

Turnaround 28

Turnaround Data Operations Company 28

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

When a private equity firm adds a new company to its portfolio, analysts rigorously size up its financial, operational, and competitive condition. A private equity group led by TPG bought the company in 2007; at the time SCA had suffered more than four straight quarters of declining profits.

Company 28

Company Engineering Turnaround System 28

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Great stories are credible, simple, consistent, and use both financial and nonfinancial metrics to link a long-term vision and firm values with a distinctive business strategy and focused operational priorities. They operated with a both/and mindset, seeking to deliver on immediate goals in a way that also built a sustainable future.

Metrics 32

Metrics Study Financial Operations 32