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When to Restructure | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

This is so much the case that some CEOs will avoid restructuring initiatives at all costs. There are even some business theorists that warn against undertaking complex restructurings because of the great risks involved. That is the question that many a business is forced to ask at some point during their life cycle.

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Have Labor Market Reforms Resulted In More Precarious Work?

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Flexible labor markets are generally seen as a good thing in times of upheaval, and many European economies spent the period between 1990 and 2010 attempting to make their economies more flexible. Restructuring employment.

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What Greece Has to Do Now: Fix Its Economy

Harvard Business Review

After weeks of media frenzy around the Greek election and the new government’s once-ambitious plans to renegotiate with the Eurozone over its debt crisis , the searchlights of publicity are shifting. Most probably another crisis, small or large. And although it has been given a temporary lifeline, little has been resolved.

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Employee Engagement…What's in a Name? | You're Not the Boss of Me

You're Not the Boss of Me

You’re Not the Boss of Me Skip to content Home About Me About This Blog ← Getting to the Heart of Mental Toughness The Importance of Being Purposeful → March 9, 2010 · 4:37 am ↓ Jump to Comments Employee Engagement…What’s in a Name? Elliot Reply Gwyn Teatro March 10, 2010 at 12:27 am You make a good point, Elliot.

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China’s Slowdown: The First Stage of the Bullwhip Effect

Harvard Business Review

During an economic crisis, the exaggerated decline in orders can be especially damaging to upstream suppliers that have high fixed costs tied to production assets. Ford CEO Alan Mulally tried to mitigate the impending bullwhip during the 2008 financial crisis by imploring the U.S. The China-Sparked Crisis. automobile industry.

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Greece’s Problem Is More Complicated than Austerity

Harvard Business Review

Yet if we want to understand and fix the Greek crisis, we must look at its structural causes, not just its symptoms. For all the party’s talk of “social justice” and “solidarity,” only €200 million has been granted to cope with Greece’s human crisis, and it has still not been fully disbursed.

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Interview: Rebel Brown

N2Growth Blog

For me businesses are as much or more about the people than they are about the products and markets …so those tough restructuring calls (or sometimes the shut it down calls) are the hardest things ever. Copyright/Legal Privacy Resources Sitemap N2Growth Blog © Copyright 2010 N2Growth. Our Freedom. All Rights Reserved

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