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What Executives Really Need to Know About the “Emerging Markets Crisis”

Harvard Business Review

We believe the peso has further to fall but timing is difficult to predict, so if this region is vital to your business, contingency planning is the order of the day. Economy Finance Global business' Meanwhile, in the Middle East the political crisis surrounding Prime Minister Erdogan made Turkey a target for currency traders.

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A CEO’s Guide to Navigating Brexit

Harvard Business Review

percentage points, has likely ushered in a protracted phase of uncertainty for the UK, EU, and global economies. A scenario-based approach to planning, modeling, and preparing for multiple outcomes is therefore recommended. The Leave campaign’s victory, with a margin of 3.8 R&D subsidies, EU norms and standards, etc.).

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How Multinationals Can Grow in the Middle East and Africa

Harvard Business Review

unilaterally pulls out of the Iran nuclear deal), building contingency plans, and diversifying their portfolio of markets. The competitiveness of expensive, imported products has been substantially undermined by currency depreciations and cost constraints in markets from Nigeria to Egypt, and from South Africa to Turkey.

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What a Changing NAFTA Could Mean for Doing Business in Mexico

Harvard Business Review

While consumer spending has proven resilient, with same-store retail sales rising 6% YOY in April , most multinational corporations are developing contingency plans to mitigate risks to their businesses and reassessing the country’s role in their global market portfolio and supply chains. Renegotiating NAFTA.