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If You Think Downsizing Might Save Your Company, Think Again

Harvard Business Review

American firms alone laid off more than 8 million workers from the end of 2008 to the middle of 2010. Many of these effects may have long-term consequences, like reduced innovation, that are not captured in short-term financial metrics. Intangible resources can be redeployed in unique and perhaps innovative ways following downsizing.