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How Volvo Reinvented Itself Through Hiring

Harvard Business

Developing what we call an “M&A strategy for talent” is one way to overcome this. Volvo’s turnaround over the last decade offers a great example. Under new ownership (Volvo was sold to China’s Geely by Ford in 2010), the Swedish automaker decided to transform its product line by becoming a premium player.

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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. As organic wine standards were being developed in Europe and the U.S., The Turnaround. As a result, many distributors and retailers were hesitant to add it sell it.

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How to Pull Your Company Out of a Tailspin

Harvard Business

After studying and working with hundreds of companies in free fall, we’ve identified concrete steps that leadership teams can take to engineer successful turnarounds and transformations. By 2010 the company had become the best-performing stock in the S&P 500, worth $30 per share and earning investors a return of 29 times.

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4 Ways CEOs Can Conquer Short-Termism

Harvard Business

Mark Bertolini, CEO of Aetna, began his tenure, in 2010, by lowering targets by over one-third, in a single bold move. He developed a three-year plan for his turnaround vision, which was translated into annual and quarterly operating plans, and biquarterly responsibilities for his executive team.

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The Crazy Lives of Consultants: is it just me.

The Crazy Lives of Consultants

Friday, January 29, 2010. January 30, 2010 at 12:12 AM. Not solitary do we have the unexcelled prices but our turnaround heyday for your Xrumer posting is wonderful fast. January 30, 2010 at 5:16 AM. January 30, 2010 at 6:33 PM. February 2, 2010 at 5:10 PM. February 3, 2010 at 3:13 AM. is it just me.