It is not clear why these entities should be any more successful than the banks at turning round non-performing loans.
But turning Thailand into an all-round force in carmaking will not be easy.
Strings were attached to the money: states had to adopt certain standards and find innovative ways of improving recruitment, rewarding teachers, promoting charters and turning round the lowest-performing schools.
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The plan also involves parachuting in as chief executive of the Fiat parent company Enrico Bondi, an old Mediobanca hand who made his reputation turning round the Ferruzzi agro-chemicals business and, latterly, sorting out troubled Telecom Italia.
The plan envisions turning the 1917 building into a year-round ice-sports hub, attracting both hobbyists and professionals.
Where better to launch the latest effort to blend old media and new than at a spiral-shaped museum famous for turning round and round on itself?
Mr Bourguignon has been labelled "France's self-appointed Mr Fixit" after turning round the fortunes of Euro Disney as its chief executive between 1993 and 1997.
The visitors started brightly and were denied twice in the opening stages by Gravesend goalkeeper Paul Wilkerson, who first blocked Chris Piper's strike with his legs before turning a 25-yard Tony Taggart free-kick round the post.
It's not going to set any records for thinness or price, but laptops like this one are a big part of the reason the Round Rock, Texas-based Dell is turning in better numbers lately, and the M1330 could be a case study on how to hit a sweet spot in a fast-moving market.
But day-to-day, Ford is run by an Englishman, Sir Nick Scheele, who made his name turning round Jaguar, Ford's upmarket British subsidiary.
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