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Salty to Sweet: The Transformation of Mount Franklin Foods

Change Starts Here

For Mount Franklin Foods, a candy and snack manufacturer headquartered in El Paso, Texas, the years leading up to 2011 were tumultuous. When CEO Gary Ricco joined the company in May of 2011, the company had struggled for years to turn a profit. They also created a scorecard to measure their performance against each objective.

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Why Management Ideas Matter

Harvard Business Review

The results for 2011 are published today — 14 November. An idea can change an entire industry and ideas, from kaizen to the balanced scorecard , continually transform the way we work and lead our businesses. Who is the most influential living management thinker? It's a fair question. Second, management matters.