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- Jump Starting Growth Through Sales
- The long economic downturn appears to be drawing to an end and opportunities for many transport and travel businesses are steadily improving. But relying on the market to "Raise all boats" may not be enough to ensure companies grow profitability, particularly as supply chains and customer requirements continue to evolve...
- White papers 2004-11-22
- Asset-Based Financing Gains Ground
- It has been observed that CFOs in search of working capital are borrowing on assets and discovering that doing so can offer more flexibility than bank financing. The prolonged economic downturn has had a chilling effect on many companies' lending relationships. Banks that have been burned by corporate customers are...
- White papers 2003-07-01
- Macroeconomic Performance And Poverty Reduction
- This paper investigates the link between macroeconomic performance and the change in the poverty rate among 47 episodes of growth and 52 episodes of economic downturn in developing and transition economies. It shows that, on average, (i) the greater the inequality, the lower the elasticity of poverty to growth, and...
- White papers 2003-04-01
- A Positive Alternative To Layoffs In economic downturns
- In recent years, economic downturns have necessitated the organizations to indulge in massive downsizing. Such strategy helps to optimize costs and streamline organizational systems. The organizations hope to achieve an economic transformation through such strategy. The paper, however, argues that a positive alternative exists to layoffs. This issue is examined...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- The Impact of the 2001-2002 Crisis on the Hotel and Tourism Industry
- The hotel and tourism industry has been suffering particularly from the combined effects of a general economic downturn that began to show itself early in 2001 and the shock wave from the events on September 11th of the same year. The general economic downturn had already started to reduce the...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Completing The Capital Structure With A Second Lien Loan
- The economic downturn has dragged on longer than anticipated. Cash flow and collateral values have plunged. Terms on bank loans and traditional funding sources have gotten much tougher. It's not a pretty picture for the multitude of companies that are overleveraged or have maturing debt. Given these circumstances, one of...
- White papers 2003-01-04
- Case Study: Arrow Takes Aim At Supply Chain
- This case study talks about the Arrow Electronics, as one of the world's largest distributors of electronic components and parts, which felt the sting of the economic downturn and drop in demand for products as much as any company. The past year was among the most difficult ever for the...
- Case studies 2002-09-01
- Corporate Venture Capital In Decline
- From the executive summary: ‘Researches suggest that more and more companies decide to leave venture capital to the professional Venture Capitalist (VC) firms. After racking up billions in losses, corporate venture arms shutter their doors at roughly 1 in 10 companies that have them. The economic downturn has shown many...
- White papers 2001-11-26
- Downturn Doesn't Mean Disaster: Tips For Managing In Difficult Economic Conditions
- Next to opening the front door on the first day of business, surviving an economic downturn is likely to be the greatest challenge most business owners will ever face. Many companies today must deal with the results of the high-tech shakeout, an already slowing economy and the effects of the...
- White papers 2001-10-17
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- Shift Your Recruiting Strategy as the Economy Changes
- Most recruiting strategies are relatively static and unchanging. Unfortunately, keeping the same strategies during an economic downturn that was utilized during an economic upturn can have a disastrous effect on recruiting results. Often it's hard to see a downturn in the economy coming, but the recent crash has been so...
- White papers 2001-04-09
- Obtaining Business Value Through A Downturn
- In today's uncertain economic environment, it has become increasingly difficult to justify investments in information technologies. At times, the challenges faced in moving forward on critical IT investments seem insurmountable. However, evidence shows that companies who are able to invest during a downturn face better business prospects in the recovery...
- Webcasts 2002-11-05
- War For Legal Talent Meets The Business Downturn (The)
- From the executive summary: ‘Law firms that take a short-term view on talent during an economic downturn will find themselves paying the price. Rather than a cutting-back period, the breather afforded by a slowdown in work is a good time to redouble efforts on a review of the firm’s recruiting...
- White papers 2001-04-01
- To Tell the Truth
- New financial reporting regs and the economic downturn are changing the information companies report, and how and to whom they report it. But bombarding shareholders with meaningless data can damage a company's reputation. While reading the article you’ll learn that companies that report fully in the good times are likely...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Market Makers
- From the executive summary: ‘Companies that market effectively in an economic downturn come out of the downturn faster and have greater sustained growth than companies that don’t. The key, of course, is making sure that the company’s marketing is effective. Even if the organization recognizes that now is a good...
- White papers 2004-01-01
- Communicating Benefit Matters In the Wake Of An economic downturn
- From the executive summary: ‘A downturn in the economy can have a ripple effect on a company's employee benefit packages. A company's worsening profit picture can force to offer enhanced early retirement packages or to decrease matching contributions to its 401(k) plan. Thus, how one communicates the aforesaid situation and...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- The Strategic Downside Of Downsizing: Organizations Lose Critical Knowledge They Didn't Know They Had
- As companies try to cope with the economic downturn by cutting jobs and encouraging retirement, they often trade one problem for another. How does one cut people without losing critical knowledge - not only now, in the hopefully better times in the future? Cutting jobs may, or may not, be...
- White papers 2001-10-01
- Putting A Price Tag On Your Company
- From the executive summary: ‘During prolonged good economic times, many acquirers want to discount the value of recent earnings by those that will be realized during bad economic times. After the economic downturn ends, the same acquirers want to price a middle-market company solely on the earnings realized during bad...
- White papers 2002-01-01
- Survey Of Commercial Lenders Indicates Uptick In Middle-Market Lending
- Commercial lenders across the nation believe that a modest economic recovery will begin later this year, but say the effects of this recession will be felt for at least another year. In further evidence of the protracted economic slowdown, lenders said that they planned to tighten or maintain their loan...
- White papers 2002-02-01
- How to Get the Most Out of Your Speaker Investment,
- In a perfect world, you would have an unlimited budget to hire top speakers for your next meeting or convention. Since it's not, here are some tips on getting the most for your meeting dollar.economic downturn.
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Recession-Proofing the Bank
- In times of economic downturn, it is even more important for banks to staff their operation centers efficiently and use existing personnel more productively. New staffing technology can help them achieve this. Moreover, Improved staffing practices offer banks the most cost-effective way to improve productivity. It is discussed in the...
- White papers 2002-08-04
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