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. Turnarounds. You have been brought in as the CEO of Blackberry. How can we regain market share, and return Blackberry to its former glory?
Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog
JANUARY 1, 2023
It isn’t just in college football because MLB’s attendance has been declining since around 2007. There is a lesson for all of us in Barnes and Nobles’ turnaround: “If you want to sell music, you have to love those songs.”. College football attendance declined for the 8th straight season. This isn’t a problem $6 tickets will fix it.
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Harvard Business
JUNE 2, 2016
Plenty of theories have been put forth to explain Yahoo’s failures, as the company seeks a buyer following a failed turnaround attempt. The data indicates that from the release of the iPhone in 2007 to Mayer’s appointment as CEO in 2012, Yahoo talked less about mobile than Google, at least on its earnings calls.
Harvard Business
JULY 9, 2018
And the number of business coaches worldwide has zoomed more than 60% since 2007, according to one coaching association. One CEO we worked with was known for his smart turnarounds of a large media company. In the U.S. Before any coaching can be effective, they need to wake up to the ways their actions affect others.
Harvard Business
APRIL 19, 2016
That’s nearly double the rate from 2004 to 2007. Outsiders, in effect, have become more of an intentional leadership choice than a stereotypical hire in a turnaround or crisis situation. (Planned successions exclude mergers and acquisitions, as well as situations when CEOs are abruptly forced out.)
Harvard Business
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016
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. Consider the case of Surgical Care Affiliates (SCA), a provider of surgical facilities based in Deerfield, Illinois. That year TPG hired a new CEO, Andrew Hayek, to rebuild SCA.
MishTalk
OCTOBER 20, 2013
What’s behind these quick turnarounds? And just as in 2000 with the dotcom bust, and 2007 with the real estate bust, the Fed is 100% oblivious of massive bubbles now. In fact, more than three-quarters of all high-end flipping took place in five markets: The New York metro area and Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose and San Diego.
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