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Solve America’s Employment Crisis With a Netflix Prize
Innovation Digital ArticleAn entire generation’s prosperity vanishing, food stamp use exploding. Welcome to the jobless future. This month’s jobs numbers drive home the point. The unemployment rate fell at the fastest rate for years — great news, right? Wrong. The lion’s share of the gains came from (wait for it) “temporary help services.” See what just happened? […] -
In 2009, Match the Urge to Purge with a Zest to Invest
Recessions Digital ArticleIt’s become the mantra of the moment: “A crisis is a terrible thing to waste.” Leaders everywhere are struggling to make sense of the worldwide economic crisis, to learn lessons that will guide them and their companies going forward. My worry is that too many leaders are learning the wrong lessons — they are becoming […] -
What Really Prevents Companies from Thriving in a Recession
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleIt's about knowing how to reallocate - and deallocate - resources. -
2009 Will Be an Economic Engine for Change
Recessions Digital ArticleThe 2008 recession is an economic firestorm unlike anything the country has seen since the Great Depression. But 2009 is shaping up to be a trigger for an unprecedented surge of innovation that may be one of the most important turning points in the last 100 years. While things are undoubtedly more difficult these days, […] -
Innovating in the Great Disruption
Innovation Digital ArticleWhile the global economy began slowing down in late 2007, forces transforming the face of business trace back more than a decade. Over that time period, technological improvements have made it ever easier to start and scale a business. Convergence went from being a cliché to a reality. Companies from countries like China, India, and […] -
IdeaCast: the Zombieconomy
Economics Digital ArticleLast month, I sat down with editor extraordinaire Sarah Green to discuss much of what we’ve been talking about here during the last few months: the zombieconomy, the changing nature of advantage, and thriving during the downturn. Here’s our discussion, edited a bit for length. Enjoy! Download this podcast -
Recession 2008: Take the Offensive
Recessions Digital ArticleBeing neither an ardent football fan nor an economist, I nonetheless find much of my news absorption these days dominated either by the Super Bowl (yes, I am from New England) or the possibility of a looming recession. So, if you’ll allow me this week, I’ll offer my reflections on those two pending events. There […] -
How Technology Amplified the Mortgage Crisis
Recessions Digital ArticleMore volume does not make a bad guitar player better – only louder and more obnoxious. Likewise, more technology can amplify a business – but if it’s not properly managed, it can boost losses just as easily as gains. Just consider the current mortgage crisis. Bank of America’s purchase of the once highflying Countrywide for […] -
Winning in Turbulence: How to Turbo Charge Sales in Turbulent Times
Recessions Digital ArticleThis is post 2 in a series of blog posts from downturn strategist Darrell Rigby and fellow partners at Bain & Company. We will walk you through the tools and strategies you need to survive the current downturn and to improve your competitive position. To go deeper and complement these posts, we will provide early […] -
Green Shoots: MyGengo and Hyperakt
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleDo meaningful stuff that matters the most: it's my mantra for a movement dedicated to toppling the old order, and seeding a better economy instead. So... -
How Financial Brands Should Market In a Recession
Brand management Digital ArticleRecent news coverage of the cosmetic name change from AIG to AIU at the failed company’s New York headquarters reminds us that a brand is a precious asset. The value of any brand asset depends upon whether it has delivered on its past promises and is believed likely to do so in the future. It […] -
Nerve-Wracking Times Require Instinct Override
Recessions Digital ArticleI’ve never become more than a modestly competent skier – capable of safely negotiating most intermediate slopes, but frankly way over my head when I venture onto anything more difficult. Slopes with deep moguls, ice, or the dreaded diamond are, well, nerve-wracking. When I start down, with the ground dropping away under my feet and […] -
A Manifesto for Leaders: Time to Summon Your “Animal Spirits”
Disruptive innovation Digital ArticleWarning: This is my first post of 2009, so please excuse the length. You know things are dire when one of the country’s most influential columnists devotes several articles (and a new book) to parallels between what’s happening now and the Great Depression. Here’s Nobel laureate Paul Krugman in his latest New York Times column: […] -
The Power of Old Ideas
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleThe revelation that Ford is creating the future by revisiting the past offers a perfect lesson about innovation. BusinessWeek reports that Ford is reviving... -
The U.S. Economy's Soft Landing Is Still on Track
Global Business Digital ArticleA close look at consumer trends, monetary policy, and other trends gives reason for optimism - not pessimism. -
The Green Stimulus Plan: How You Can Get Involved
Recessions Digital ArticlePresident-elect Obama has now made clear that his economic stimulus package will be very big — he called it “the single largest new investment in our national infrastructure since the creation of the federal highway system in the 1950s” — and also very green, with emphasis on clean energy, efficient buildings and transportation, and green […] -
Do You Have the Nerve to Stay the Course?
Decision making and problem solving Digital ArticleIn the U.S., unemployment is rising and the markets are falling. The price of oil is flirting with new highs and weakening consumer confidence threatens global markets. If we aren’t on the verge of a U.S. recession, we’re not exactly in the comfort zone either. As the Fed considers its next move, you should be […] -
Why Ethics Matter in a Downturn
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleWhen times get tough, many companies reflexively play everything close to the vest. Executives often stop sharing information with anyone, fearing that... -
The End of Orthodoxies?
Recessions Digital ArticleThere are two kinds of people in the world, the saying goes, people who divide everything into two, and everyone else. Binary divisions everywhere shape our perception of the world. For several years they have crippled our civic life. We are used to partisans uniformly labeling events and ideas “good” or “bad,” without thoroughgoing analysis. […] -
Public Service, Anyone? After a Crisis, Rediscover Do-Gooding
Global Business Digital ArticleIn the wake of the financial sector's fundamental restructuring, the labor market for everyone in this field (from new entrants to near retirees) is turning...
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Global Recession: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing in a Downturn (Paperback + Ebook)
Leadership & Managing People Special Offer34.95View Details How do the most resilient companies survive--and even thrive--during a slowdown? If you read nothing else on surviving a tough economy and coming back... -
Mexico: From Crisis to Reforms and from Reforms to Crisis
Management Case Study11.95View Details As he prepares for a 2023 meeting of General Electric Corp. (GE), Vladimiro de la Mora, president of GE Mexico, weighs the potential benefits and risks... -
Winning in Turbulence
Strategy & Execution Book18.00View Details The current downturn may prove more brutal than most previous recessions. It's already hammering companies in markets around the globe. It will test businesses... -
The Obama Stimulus
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details This case describes the factors that led to the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) and the impact the financial stimulus... -
US Migration in Four Acts
Management Case Study11.95View Details Immigration is a powerful force shaping a country's population, and a nation's immigration policy often reveals who is welcome and who is not. "US Migration... -
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Organizational Resilience (with bonus article "Organizational Grit" by Thomas H. Lee and Angela L. Duckworth)
24.95View Details Build resilience in your company to weather the greatest crises. If you read nothing else on organizational resilience, read these 10 articles. We've... -
SureCut Shears, Inc.
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details A bank loan officer must determine whether to waive convenants and extend terms on a line of credit granted to SureCut Shears. At issue is whether the... -
Fundacion Pro Vivienda Social: The Entrepreneur's Network as a Source of Resources
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View 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... -
Paradise Bakery & Cafe: The Challenges of Success
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Paradise Bakery and Café: The Challenges of Success traces the journey of entrepreneur Daniel Patterson from the founding of his bakery in Southern California,... -
Shocks, Crises, and False Alarms: How to Assess True Macroeconomic Risk
Management Book35.00View Details An essential new guide to navigating macroeconomic risk. The shocks and crises of recent years--pandemic, recession, inflation, war--have forced executives... -
Ten Years After the Global Financial Crisis: A Pension Fund's Retrospective
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details Ebony Jones manages asset allocation for Colorado's Public Employee Retirement Association (PERA). She is worried that some asset price measures are approaching... -
iPort12: Any Port in Storm?
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details In 2007, California-based Pannacotta Development had built iPort 12 near two active New Jersey shipping ports for $122 million. Now in 2011, with only... -
Keystone Excavating Limited: Preserving a Legacy
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details In June 2015, a new president and chief executive officer, Sandip Lalli, was hired by the board of directors of Keystone Excavating Limited (Keystone)... -
Coronavirus: Leadership and Recovery: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review
22.95View Details Lead through the crisis and prepare for recovery. As the Covid-19 pandemic is exacting its toll on the global economy, forward-looking organizations are... -
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United States Financial Crisis of 1931, Note on Franklin D. Roosevelt, and A Keynesian Cure for The Depression, Data Supplement
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Singapore Airlines: Customer Service Innovation
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Reclaiming the American Dream: Thomas Perez and the Department of Labor
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details In July 2013 Tom Perez became the United States' 26th Secretary of Labor. Perez took the helm of the Department of Labor at a critical juncture. In recent... -
Standing at the Edge of a Cliff: GM at the Onset of the 2008 Financial Crisis
Global Business Case Study11.95View 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...
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Solve America’s Employment Crisis With a Netflix Prize
Innovation Digital ArticleAn entire generation’s prosperity vanishing, food stamp use exploding. Welcome to the jobless future. This month’s jobs numbers drive home the point. The unemployment rate fell at the fastest rate for years — great news, right? Wrong. The lion’s share of the gains came from (wait for it) “temporary help services.” See what just happened? […] -
In 2009, Match the Urge to Purge with a Zest to Invest
Recessions Digital ArticleIt’s become the mantra of the moment: “A crisis is a terrible thing to waste.” Leaders everywhere are struggling to make sense of the worldwide economic crisis, to learn lessons that will guide them and their companies going forward. My worry is that too many leaders are learning the wrong lessons — they are becoming […] -
What Really Prevents Companies from Thriving in a Recession
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleIt's about knowing how to reallocate - and deallocate - resources. -
2009 Will Be an Economic Engine for Change
Recessions Digital ArticleThe 2008 recession is an economic firestorm unlike anything the country has seen since the Great Depression. But 2009 is shaping up to be a trigger for an unprecedented surge of innovation that may be one of the most important turning points in the last 100 years. While things are undoubtedly more difficult these days, […] -
Innovating in the Great Disruption
Innovation Digital ArticleWhile the global economy began slowing down in late 2007, forces transforming the face of business trace back more than a decade. Over that time period, technological improvements have made it ever easier to start and scale a business. Convergence went from being a cliché to a reality. Companies from countries like China, India, and […] -
IdeaCast: the Zombieconomy
Economics Digital ArticleLast month, I sat down with editor extraordinaire Sarah Green to discuss much of what we’ve been talking about here during the last few months: the zombieconomy, the changing nature of advantage, and thriving during the downturn. Here’s our discussion, edited a bit for length. Enjoy! Download this podcast -
Recession 2008: Take the Offensive
Recessions Digital ArticleBeing neither an ardent football fan nor an economist, I nonetheless find much of my news absorption these days dominated either by the Super Bowl (yes, I am from New England) or the possibility of a looming recession. So, if you’ll allow me this week, I’ll offer my reflections on those two pending events. There […] -
How Technology Amplified the Mortgage Crisis
Recessions Digital ArticleMore volume does not make a bad guitar player better – only louder and more obnoxious. Likewise, more technology can amplify a business – but if it’s not properly managed, it can boost losses just as easily as gains. Just consider the current mortgage crisis. Bank of America’s purchase of the once highflying Countrywide for […] -
Winning in Turbulence: How to Turbo Charge Sales in Turbulent Times
Recessions Digital ArticleThis is post 2 in a series of blog posts from downturn strategist Darrell Rigby and fellow partners at Bain & Company. We will walk you through the tools and strategies you need to survive the current downturn and to improve your competitive position. To go deeper and complement these posts, we will provide early […] -
Green Shoots: MyGengo and Hyperakt
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleDo meaningful stuff that matters the most: it's my mantra for a movement dedicated to toppling the old order, and seeding a better economy instead. So...