We asked eight turnaround experts, from professors to investors to managers, who have brought companies back from the brink, to give us their recipe for rescue. Here's the 411 on the 911. Edited by Regina Fazio Maruca page 81
According to Richard Pascale, if you want your company to stay alive, then try running it like a living organism. The first rule of life is also the first rule of business: Adapt or die. Alan M. Webber page 130
... are anything but plain. Born on the island of Majorca, Camper shoes owe their quirky design sensibility -- and their trendy market appeal -- to geographical, cultural, and historical heritage. Ron Lieber page 138
The road to success is rarely a straight line. Here are three profiles in resilience: people and companies that succeeded by conquering failure. Rekha Balu page 148
Designer Marti Guixe is on the road all the time. His latest creation? A manifesto for road warriors designed to change the way they travel. Jill Rosenfeld page 48
About twice a year, Donna Novitsky dons a new title, and moves into a new office. Her mission: to transform entrepreneurs' dreams into reality and to take good companies and make them great. Fara Warner page 172
Senior executives who want to transform their organization can't focus only on strategy or structure. Ultimately, they need to rescue their company's data from digital oblivion. Rekha Balu page 180
Internet companies have all made the same strategic shift: From "get big fast" to "cash is king." But how do you conserve cash without throttling back on growth? How do you spend less without missing huge opportunities? George Anders page 190
Who better than Martin Luther King III to challenge the leaders of the new economy to make a difference for society? In advance of his keynote address to RealTime Philadelphia, the elder son of America's greatest civil-rights leader offers provocative ideas about how to combine economic growth, digital innovation, and social justice.
Spend much time online? Then chances are that someone has sent you this email: If we could shrink the earth's population to a village of precisely 100 people, 70 would be unable to read, 6 would possess 59% of all the wealth, and so on. The poignant message is signed by Stanford professor Phillip M. Harter. There's just one problem: Harter has no idea where the data came from, and he didn't compose the message. The story of an accidental Web celebrity.
Back in 1996, 60 people became ill and a baby girl died from apple juice sold by Odwalla Inc. CEO Stephen Williamson found himself at the center of a tragedy and a crisis that could destroy his company. Today, Odwalla has recovered and is thriving. Here's how to bounce back from even the most solemn setback.
Oracle has become all but synonymous with a grown-up approach to e-commerce. But what's it really like to work at the biggest software company in Silicon Valley? And what does Oracle have to teach other companies about winning on the Web? Find the answers in our A - Z Fast Companies Directory.
