in 2008, several years after galvin's departure, a study was completed by the monitor-global business network consulting company to identify and compare the best + $5b in revenue global high tech corporate turnarounds since 1990. in comparing six-year periods including three years of turnaround actions and the corresponding companies’ resulting financial performance, the study placed galvin's turnaround of motorola as one of the top five large high tech turnarounds. the companies compared were ibm, apple, xerox, hp and motorola.