Alice Haskins, 80, said she believes that current managers can turn around the company.
Even when a would-be investor succeeds in locating shares to buy, managers can turn shareholding into a painful experience.
The best way to curb the power of chaebol owners would be to create a society where people can say no: where managers can turn down foolish investments, bankers can refuse a loan to a friend, bureaucrats can stand on principle, and politicians feel free to ignore the orders of the party boss.The place to start is with the presidency itself.
He presents himself as a sound manager who can turn the economy around, citing his 15 years as boss of Bain Capital, a private-equity firm, and his success in righting the foundering Salt Lake City Olympics.
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And if you don't fit the profile for commercial managers, you can turn to individuals or small investors renting out residential properties, since many of them place judgment well ahead of databases and formulas.
Cue the familiar routine at Blackburn these past 12 months: the manager insisting he can turn things around, refusing to quit, appealing for unity and claiming he has the full support of the club's Indian owners, Venky's.
The company's top executive, board chairman and chief executive officer, Henry Schacht, recommended the arrangement to Lucent's board to retain those managers "so they can turn the company around," a Lucent spokeswoman, Michelle Davidson, said.
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A new manager can sometimes turn around a sports franchise or at least get credit for the turnaround even though the foundation for the rebound was put in place by the previous manager.
