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		<title><![CDATA[Top 5 AU Management Books for April 2009]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnetau.com.au/aussierules/2009/05/18/top-5-au-management-books-for-april-2009/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Each month I'll post the top-selling management books in Australia, based on sales data kindly provided by Dymocks Australia. The Top 5 below come from the month of April and, surprise!, seem to be fairly heavily centred around the topic of the current economic downturn (or recession or depression, depending...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 19:25:34 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[7 Reasons Starting Your Own Business In An Economic Downturn Is A Grand Idea]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1136249]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Starting your own business in an economic downturn is a plucky rather than reckless thing to do. It's certainly not for the faint-hearted. With the economy in a downturn there is a great deal of uncertainty in the air. This paper provides 7 reasons why starting your own business in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Weathering The Economic Storm: How Hospitality Companies Can Thrive In Challenging Times]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=883051]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Hospitality companies are facing troubling times with the economy's weakness beginning to weigh on the hospitality industry at large. Consumers are retrenching on most types of discretionary spending, including travel. This means that hospitality companies not only have to protect themselves from an economic downturn, but they also must undertake...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://resources.bnet.com/topic/deloitte+llp.html"><![CDATA[Deloitte LLP]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[Financial Times: Insight Business Growth]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=400001]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Just over a year on from the onset of the credit crunch, and the slowdown in the global economy, the threat of inflation and high oil prices continue to cast a long shadow over corporate profitability and the ability of executives to manage their businesses. World financial markets remain jittery...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Another former Boeing worker takes a shot: Stadium of Thai.(Business Births)(recent economic downturn)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6551/is_200310/ai_n25933106]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Like many who have lost their jobs in the recent economic downturn,  Eddie Thedsomdandith of Lake Stevens has decided to strike out on his  own.    Like many who have lost their jobs in the recent economic downturn,  Eddie Thedsomdandith of Lake Stevens has decided...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2003 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Macroeconomic Performance And Poverty Reduction]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=76778]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2003 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A Positive Alternative To Layoffs In Economic Downturns]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=92145]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2003 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Impact of the 2001-2002 Crisis on the Hotel and Tourism Industry]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=125348]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2003 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[IEA Blames Opec for Economic Downturn. ]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_go1505/is_200210/ai_n7095165]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[IEA Blames Opec for Economic Downturn       IEA Blames Opec for Economic Downturn ]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Oct 2002 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Government Alert: City, state looking at big tax loss; Downturn could drain billions in revenue; state has larger reserve.(New York)(Brief Article)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5254/is_200109/ai_n20224364]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The state government, like the city, could be facing a  multibillion-dollar hit from lower tax revenues as a result of the  economic downturn caused by the World Trade Center disaster.    ``Any impact that it has on the city on sales and income tax  rev...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2001 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Bullish On Technology.(food industry executives)(Interview)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4754/is_200107/ai_n17333029]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Our virtual roundtable of CIOs say, despite the downturn of the  economy, they're still counting on technology for a competitive  edge.       Is the current economic downturn affecting investments in key  information technology applications? Do food m    Our virtual...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jul 2001 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Business services and the economic performance of the New York Metropolitan Region.(paper at 'The Metropolitan Economy in the National and World Arenas' conference, Federal Reserve Bank of New York)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4305/is_199702/ai_n15015204]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Business services are likely to continue contributing significantly to the economic growth of the New York Metropolitan Region in the future, barring a cyclic economic downturn. The export-oriented producer services sector of the economy is largely responBusiness services are likely to continue contributing significantly to the economic growth of the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Feb 1997 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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