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CEOs Are Predicting a Mild Recession in the U.S.
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleThey expect a "short and shallow" downturn. -
How to Survive a Recession and Thrive Afterward
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleAccording to an analysis led by Ranjay Gulati, during the recessions of 1980, 1990, and 2000, 17% of the 4,700 public companies studied fared very badly:... -
What Causes Inflation?
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleWhy your money is worth less than it used to be. -
Welcome to the Experience Economy
Economic cycles and trends Magazine ArticleAs goods and services become commoditized, the customer experiences that companies create will matter most. -
What Professional Service Firms Must Do to Thrive
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleDuring economic slowdowns, consulting, law, and accounting firms often start offering services and taking on clients they really shouldn't, just to keep... -
What Companies Still Get Wrong About Layoffs
Organizational Development Digital ArticleMany cling to the idea that reducing staff is the fastest, easiest way to cut costs. But there are smarter, more humane approaches. -
Protecting DEI Progress When Budgets Are Tight
Organizational Development Digital ArticleThree strategies to embed DEI into your core business practices - and make your efforts recession-proof. -
The Case for Hiring Older Workers
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleMany companies consider age a competitive disadvantage. Here's why they're wrong. -
Six Rules for Effective Forecasting
Economic cycles and trends Magazine ArticleThe goal of forecasting is not to predict the future but to tell you what you need to know to take meaningful action in the present. -
How to Market in a Downturn
Sales & Marketing Magazine ArticleBecause no two recessions are exactly alike, marketers find themselves in poorly charted waters every time one occurs. But guidance is available, say... -
Why Social Applications Will Thrive In A Recession
Recessions Digital ArticleJosh Bernoff is a vice president at Forrester Research and the author, with Charlene Li, of the forthcoming book, Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies Is a recession coming? Don’t ask me — I’m not an economist, and even the economists don’t really know. But if it’s anything like the last recession, […] -
What Unions No Longer Do
Global Business Digital ArticleWhat the decline of unions has meant for incomes and racial inequality. -
3 Ways to Bring Flexibility to Budgeting
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleEasy steps you can take today to craft a more agile process. -
Don’t Cut IT During a Downturn
Recessions Digital ArticleHoward Rubin is CEO of Rubin Systems. John Sviokla is vice chairman of Diamond Management and Technology Consultants. By Howard Rubin and John Sviokla When we learned to drive many years ago, back in the age of rear wheel drive, we were both taught to “turn into the skid” because our natural instincts to turn […] -
Three Tips to Start Facing Down the Recession
Recessions Digital ArticleHave you noticed how many people are responding to the economic crisis in the same way they would deal with the sudden death of a loved one? In fact, the Kubler-Ross model of the five stages of grief seems incredibly appropriate to the times. Most people appear to be stuck in one of the first […] -
When Star Talent Grew More Powerful than Capital
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleA brief history. -
3 Lessons from Hyperinflationary Periods
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleWhat today's businesses can learn about pricing strategies and consumer trust. -
Why We Didn't Learn Enough From the Financial Crisis
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticlePolicymakers are victims of their own success. -
How to Spot the Upturn Early
Strategy Digital ArticleTalking with half-a-dozen professional friends at a recent gathering, I was distressed to find how deeply the recession is touching all of them. Two had been laid off; spouses of two others had lost their jobs; and the remaining two were in mortal fear that their own jobs were on the chopping block. Layoffs are […] -
Breaking Down the Freelance Economy
Global Business Digital ArticleWho counts, and who doesn't.
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Risk (with bonus article "Managing 21st-Century Political Risk" by Condoleezza Rice and Amy Zegart)
Strategy & Execution BookIs your business playing it safe--or taking the right risks? If you read nothing else on managing risk, read these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds... -
Hong Kong's Trading Industry: Challenges from Mainland China
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details The import-export trading industry had long been one of the leading industries in Hong Kong. The sector, with about 500,000 people working for 100,000... -
Finland and Nokia: Creating the World's Most Competitive Economy
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Finland, with a special language and culture, has developed as a country in between the west (the Nordic region and Europe) and the east (especially its... -
Hungry Hogs: The Hot Dogs from India
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In 2009, a former engineering student set out with some like-minded friends to create a unique fast food service in Bangalore. Hungry Hogs Private Limited... -
Doing Business in Santiago, Chile
Management Case Study8.95View Details The case uses the example of the opening of the first IKEA furniture store in Chile - which is operated by Chilean group Falabella - to discuss the opportunities... -
Brazil 2003: Inflation Targeting and Debt Dynamics
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details In October 2002, Brazilians elected a left-wing president, Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, for the first time in that country's history. As markets faltered... -
Airbnb in Amsterdam (B)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details In December 2014, the City of Amsterdam and Airbnb announced an MOU to promote responsible home-sharing and to simplify the payment of tourist tax for... -
Standing at the Edge of a Cliff: GM at the Onset of the 2008 Financial Crisis
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details This case details the competitive and macroeconomic challenges that faced the automobile giant before and after the onset of the 2008 financial crisis-including... -
Bossard AG: Enabling Industry 4.0 Logistics, Worldwide
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In 2016, Bossard AG was a leading wholesaler and supply chain service provider for fasteners. Its business model aimed to improve the efficiency of clients'... -
Managing the European Refugee Crisis
Strategy & Execution Case Study14.00View Details In 2016, Europe struggles to cope with one of the largest refugee flows it has ever witnessed. -
WebTeb (A): A Very Palestinian Dilemma
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Recent MBA graduate Majed finds his dream job: high-tech, entrepreneurial, senior, social - contributing to the economy of Palestine, a cause close to... -
Restoring Japan: Abenomics
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details The case presents Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, whose economic policies, nicknamed "Abenomics," aim to remedy the economic malaise Japan has suffered since... -
Japan: Deficits, Deflation and Debt
Global Business Case Study15.05View Details In April 2018, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was again in Washington to petition Donald Trump. After years of rapid, export-led growth, Japan had slumped... -
Science Technology Co.
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details The president of a medium-sized electronics company is evaluating the financial forecasts and proposed financing program submitted by the chief financial... -
Fundacion Pro Vivienda Social: The Entrepreneur's Network as a Source of Resources
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Describes the situation brought about by the severe economic and political crisis that swept Argentina at the end of 2001. The local situation had been... -
America's Budget Impasse, 2009-2023
Management Case Study8.95View Details In May of 2023, President Biden faced a crisis of debt. The debt ceiling was about to be breached, while House Republicans demanded cuts of $3.5 trillion... -
DealShare: Social E-Commerce for the Indian Mass Market
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Launched in September 2018, e-retail startup DealShare has created a tech-enabled model for the Indian mass market that allows customers to buy together,... -
Korea: After the 1997 Financial Crisis
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details Examines what happened to Korea after the 1997 financial crisis and the implementation of the IMF-mandated reforms imposed on Korea as conditionalities... -
GUIDES: Insight through Indicators
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details GUIDES is an easily remembered framework that can help the business leader and student to confidently and quickly identify, organize, and interpret a... -
Turkey - A Work in Progress?
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details For the past 10 years, Turkey has grown its real GDP at about 6% annually. This came after a huge debt crisis in 2001-02, wherein Turkey had to borrow...
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CEOs Are Predicting a Mild Recession in the U.S.
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleThey expect a "short and shallow" downturn. -
How to Survive a Recession and Thrive Afterward
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleAccording to an analysis led by Ranjay Gulati, during the recessions of 1980, 1990, and 2000, 17% of the 4,700 public companies studied fared very badly:... -
What Causes Inflation?
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleWhy your money is worth less than it used to be. -
Welcome to the Experience Economy
Economic cycles and trends Magazine ArticleAs goods and services become commoditized, the customer experiences that companies create will matter most. -
What Professional Service Firms Must Do to Thrive
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleDuring economic slowdowns, consulting, law, and accounting firms often start offering services and taking on clients they really shouldn't, just to keep... -
What Companies Still Get Wrong About Layoffs
Organizational Development Digital ArticleMany cling to the idea that reducing staff is the fastest, easiest way to cut costs. But there are smarter, more humane approaches. -
Protecting DEI Progress When Budgets Are Tight
Organizational Development Digital ArticleThree strategies to embed DEI into your core business practices - and make your efforts recession-proof. -
The Case for Hiring Older Workers
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleMany companies consider age a competitive disadvantage. Here's why they're wrong. -
Six Rules for Effective Forecasting
Economic cycles and trends Magazine ArticleThe goal of forecasting is not to predict the future but to tell you what you need to know to take meaningful action in the present. -
How to Market in a Downturn
Sales & Marketing Magazine ArticleBecause no two recessions are exactly alike, marketers find themselves in poorly charted waters every time one occurs. But guidance is available, say...