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The Dell Deal Explained: What a Successful Turnaround Looks Like

Harvard Business Review

In 2004, Michael Dell left the company, replaced by Kevin Rollins, a former Bain consultant who joined the company in 1996. In a 2011 paper , researchers from HBS, Columbia, and the University of Chicago looked at the success of 472 tech buyouts based on a novel measure: patents. By the mid 2000s, much of Dell''s competition had faded.

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Using Supply Chains to Grow Your Business

Harvard Business Review

This was the situation facing Collins Consulting , a Chicago area provider of contingent staffing services. For more than a decade Collins had almost exclusively supported IBM’s commercial and government businesses. Collins worked primarily on IT related work, such as systems integration and software development.