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

Harvard Business Review

For example , U.S. Demand forecasting may become more challenging as demand patterns change, and companies may be advised to look into forecasting methods based on scenario planning rather than historical patterns. Macroeconomic data during the 2008 financial crisis show the bullwhip effect operating on a much broader scale.

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Six Classes Your Employer Wishes You Could Take

Harvard Business Review

The ability to immerse oneself in terabytes of data, identify (individually or collaboratively) what''s most important and restructure it in an accessible, meaningful and usable form for a variety of audiences will increasingly be an essential skill. The ability to write a sentence or video a sequence is not the same as editing them.

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Setting Strategy in Egypt's (and Other) Shifting Sands: A Four-Part Approach

Harvard Business Review

Managers often think about strategy in narrow terms, engaging consultants to advise on such questions as divisional structures and the restructuring of reporting lines. In terms of scenario planning , firms would think about alternative paths.