Ford Pearson has actually just recently taken control of as CEO of HLB, a Chicago-based item design and advancement company (and when among the biggest in business), to assist in turning it around after a series of crises that had actually seriously endangered its survival. Pearson has actually personally purchased the company, re-organized lots of elements of its operations and has actually employed a more youthful executive and turnaround specialist, Andrew Macey, as COO to assist him in the effort.
The HLB Turnaround case study solution
Pearson and Macey have a number of choices to think about: Should HLB raise $1 million in financial obligation funding and concentrate on a turnaround or should it approach a personal equity financier and raise an added $4 million and pursue a more aggressive performance enhancement plus development method? While they think about these alternatives in September 2008, the credit markets will clamp shut as an international monetary crisis is around the corner.
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