545 Articles match "downturn"

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• Pricing Strategies for the Downturn
  
  Pricing power doesn't necessarily decrease in a downturn . I used to love the television game show " The Price is Right ." Beyond the insane level of excitement of the show was the oddly compelling quest to discover the right price of everyday items like refrigerators and bar stools. I always wondered how people could be off by multiples of the actual price--"people" including me, I confess.
  HarvardBusiness.org - Tuesday, March 3, 2009
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• 6 Lessons Learned in the Downturn
  
  Over some good Italian cuisine and syrah in Boston's North End , we enjoyed a stimulating evening as Eric Hellweg, Managing Editor of HarvardBusiness.org, moderated a discussion centered on the question of key lessons learned in the economic downturn. key lesson in this downturn is that during difficult times, consumers make purchasing decisions based on price. Last week we held our Annual Meeting for my firm, Cue Ball, and as part of it we gathered our investor members for a stimulating dinner discussion with HBR editors Eric Hellweg and Katherine Bell, and group publisher Josh Macht.
  HarvardBusiness.org - Wednesday, July 1, 2009
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• Video: How to Market in a Downturn
  
  Jocz, and in the video interview above, John explains that companies need to rethink their customer segmentation, factoring in people's emotional response to the downturn. So you think you know your customers? Maybe you had a handle on them a year ago, but as the economy spirals downward you need to abandon old assumptions. Until now, you've probably been segmenting your customers according
  HarvardBusiness.org - Wednesday, March 25, 2009
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• Three Opportunities to Seize in the Downturn
  
  One of the most pernicious tendencies companies fall victim to in downturns is to focus on and project out near-term data points. In this downturn, cash may have been promoted from king to God. For businesses owners and managers who are struggling, defend your position vigorously and do whatever it takes to preserve and generate more cash - surviving this period is worth at least a silver medal the downturn. The result? An inaccurate reflection of the future.
  HarvardBusiness.org - Friday, February 20, 2009
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• Set Yourself Up for the Next Downturn
  
  What would sustain me and the business through the next downturn? I started my consulting business 11 years ago with a laptop computer in a living room. It grew quickly. The first year I made more money than I had in the previous three combined, the second year I doubled that, and by the third year I began to fantasize about retiring within the decade.
  HarvardBusiness.org - Wednesday, August 12, 2009
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• Is Web 2.0 a Solution to the Economic Downturn?
  
  to reinvent your business for the economic downturn .” to Reinvent Your Business for the Economic Downturn | Enterprise 2.0 The current business crisis is like a forest fire that is destroying much of what is in its path, but allows renewal of a new ecosystem from the seeds that are still alive after the fire passes. Dion Hinchcliffe of ZDNet advocates “ using Web 2.0
  Workplace Learning Today - Friday, January 30, 2009
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• The Value of Role Models in the Downturn
  
  This downturn's survivors will be the role models for a new kind of business practice that is more socially responsible not as an add-on or after-thought but as a first thought at the core of its business operations. Seeking role models - not just benchmarks - is one way to find an upside in the downturn. This stimulates their creativity, produces innovations It's hard to find many bright spots in the increasingly gloomy economy , but they're out there. Among big companies, IBM and Procter & Gamble are bright spots.
  HarvardBusiness.org - Monday, March 2, 2009
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• How Much Do You Trust Colleagues During a Downturn?
  
  Spending my days around colleagues I both like and respect makes all the difference in how I see my job. I enjoy--or don't enjoy--going into work every day, depending on who's in the trenches with me. But do those bonds hold when jobs are potentially on the line, when raises and promotions and rewards are limited?
  HarvardBusiness.org - Tuesday, May 19, 2009
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• A Downturn Caution: Be Careful What You Cut
  
  It also improves the productivity and effectiveness of support functions, which in turn helps boost the performance of a company's front line--a powerful advantage in a downturn. Click here to read our first Winning in Turbulence post, What Does the Downturn Mean for My Business and How Will I Get Through It? By Hernan Saenz and Darrell Rigby Preserving the G&A That Really Fuels Revenue
  HarvardBusiness.org - Wednesday, January 14, 2009
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• How To Measure Your Company's Risk in a Downturn
  
  Even with the best of data, if the CEO is unwilling to make the tough decisions to sacrifice some short-term profits in return for increasing the probability of surviving a downturn, the BSC will not be the savior of the company. ...Tags: The crisis in financial institutions and the imminent failure of the US-based automobile producers have raised the issue about whether use of the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) would have helped these companies avoid the disasters that occurred. Let us explore the possibilities.
  HarvardBusiness.org - Friday, December 19, 2008
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