Why did that company go bankrupt?
What happened? What went wrong? Those are simple questions to ask when a company experiences difficulty. In Professor Kathryn Harrigan’s Turnaround Management class, students uncover the complex reasons why firms get in trouble and help plot a route to recovery.
On this episode of Bizcast, Harrigan, the Henry R. Kravis Professor of Business Leadership, tells the story of decisions made by two very different firms – J. Crew, the famous purveyors of preppy clothes, and Smithfield Foods, the world’s largest pork processor – as they coped with shifts in their fortunes amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
While discussing the strategies companies take to recover, Harrigan also explains how the class instills a sense of responsibility that future leaders should feel toward their companies.
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Columbia Business School Professor Bruce Usher discusses his new book, which outlines the risks and opportunities for investors from climate change, and how current students and alumni are addressing major environmental challenges.
Welcome to the first episode of a special season of Columbia Bizcast dedicated to Columbia Business School’s new home in Manhattanville!
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The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world of business, while bringing historical inequities and injustice into sharp relief.
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