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Project Titan at Northrop Grumman

By: C. Fritz Foley and Kevin Sharer
  • Format:Print
  • | Language:English
  • | Pages:15
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Abstract

In March of 2011, Northrop Grumman divested shipbuilding assets through the spin-off of Huntington Ingalls Industries. This case reviews many of the key questions faced by Northrop's CEO, CFO, and top management team during this process, including questions concerning whether to sell or spin-off the assets; how to handle customers, employees, and investors during the restructuring; and how to reorganize a diversified business to increase the performance of its parts.

Keywords

Corporate Reorganization; Spin Off; Asset Sales; Managing Portfolios Of Businesses; Managing Change; Diversification; Change Management; Restructuring; Corporate Strategy; Financial Strategy; Manufacturing Industry

Citation

Foley, C. Fritz, and Kevin Sharer. "Project Titan at Northrop Grumman." Harvard Business School Case 215-001, January 2015. (Revised September 2017.)
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C. Fritz Foley

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  • Project Titan at Northrop Grumman (B): Managing for Performance at Northrop Grumman By: Kevin Sharer and Channing Spencer
  • Project Titan at Northrop Grumman By: C. Fritz Foley, Lauren G. Pickle, David Lane and F. Katelynn Boland
  • Project Titan at Northrop Grumman By: C. Fritz Foley and Kevin Sharer
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