The Golden Triangle: Back in Business (A)
Citation:
Kerr, William R., Joseph B. Fuller, Manjari Raman, and Donald Maruyama. "The Golden Triangle: Back in Business (A)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 819-066, January 2019. View Details|
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Abstract
The Golden Triangle Region (GTR) is a three-county area in rural Mississippi that suffered a steep decline as manufacturing companies faced pressures from automation and overseas competition. Between the mid 1980s and late 1990s, several textile, toy, and tubing factories that accounted for a substantial share of local employment closed and forced GTR residents to make a difficult choice - leave their homes and communities behind for better employment opportunities elsewhere or stay and face a lower quality of life. GTR LINK, the local economic development agency, brought in a new leader in Joe Max Higgins, Jr in order to stem the flight of businesses from the region and offer locals the hope that they could stay and still enjoy a better tomorrow.
Keywords: Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Development Economics; Change; Leadership; Success; Mississippi;
Citation:
Fuller, Joseph, William Kerr, Manjari Raman, and Donald Maruyama. "The Golden Triangle: Back in Business (A)." Harvard Business School Case 818-089, February 2018.
