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Case
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2010
(Revised from original 2008 version)
Ashdown Contracting
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Joseph B. Lassiter III and Firas Alkhatib
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Abstract
Ashdown's "growth" plan called for Mustafa Khalaf to leave his job as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Ashdown Contracting and to focus his attention on the growth of a separate business entity, Ashdown Pipeline, where Ashdown believed the greatest potential for the future existed. It seemed odd to Mustafa that finding a financial partner capable of providing tens, even hundreds of millions of dollars to reshape an industry was proving to be remarkably easy, while finding a single individual capable of replacing him in his old job was proving to be remarkably hard. As he flagged down a cab, Mustafa's mind wandered back to the challenge that he had been grappling with for many months: how to find his replacement as COO at Ashdown Contracting.
Keywords: Entrepreneurship;
Leadership;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Management Succession;
Market Entry and Exit;
Business Strategy;
Citation:
Lassiter, Joseph B., III, and Firas Alkhatib. "Ashdown Contracting." Harvard Business School Case 808-120, April 2010. (Revised from original March 2008 version.)