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How to Transform a Traditional Giant into a Digital One

Harvard Business Review

Change the dialogue in the senior leadership team to focus on the end-to-end customer experience. Balancing the short-term and long-term is a dynamic leadership challenge. Soon after, Trian did due diligence on the company and bought a $2.5 Radically cut costs in the old business to fund the new game. billion stake.

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The Mistakes PE Firms Make When They Pick CEOs for Portfolio Companies

Harvard Business Review

When a private equity firm adds a new company to its portfolio, analysts rigorously size up its financial, operational, and competitive condition. From 2008 to 2015 SCA’s revenue rose 88% (from $690 million to $1.3 Hall and OSI’s leadership team have coinvested with Jordan and will continue with the company.

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