# Prof. Karen Brenner on Marissa Mayer's tenure at Yahoo

1 Faculty News January 21, 2015 ![The New York Times Logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_046920.jpg?itok=HUe5o4w-)>

Excerpt from [The New York Times](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/22/technology/personaltech/marissa-mayers-plan-for-yahoo-takes-hold-the-question-now-is-time.html) -- "'What’s important in all turnarounds is for the C.E.O. to identify where the future lies — to have a plan,' said [Karen Brenner](http://w4.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/karen-brenner), a professor at the New York University Stern School of Business who has studied successful turnarounds."

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