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recession strategy

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Keep Your Company Strong in a Slow Market
Every company needs to change its tactics during an economic slowdown. Here's how the smart ones survive. How Banks Pulled Through the 2001 Recession Source: Federal Reserve Bank of New York Financial institutions came...
Tags: IMF, Working Capital, Managerial Accounting, Marketing Research, Finance, Marketing, BNET Staff, Recession, Recession Proof, Recession Strategy, Top 5
Articles 2008-02-22
Raise Cash Through "Factoring"
Sell unpaid accounts receivable to a factoring company that will trade them for immediate cash. The scenario: Customers are slow to pay, and unpredictable cash flow is disrupting operations. The tactic:...
Tags: Factoring, Operational Accounting, Finance, Recession Strategy, Accounts Receivable, BNET Feature, Jane Hodges
Articles 2008-11-21
Double Down on Strategic Advertising
Now is the time to increase communication with customers to show how your product can ease the difficulties they're going through. The scenario: Hard-sell or luxury-oriented ad ...
Tags: Advertisement, Recession, Razeghi, BNET Feature, Advertising, Recession Strategy, Susanna Hamner and John Maas
Articles 2008-11-20
Capitalize on Affordable Luxuries
Over-leveraged consumers have less disposable income now than they have in past recessions — but history suggests they'll open their wallets for the right stuff. The scenario: Over-leveraged consumers have less...
Tags: Consumer, Recession, Luxury, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, BNET Feature, The Lipstick Indicator, Luxury Goods, Recession Strategy, John Maas
Articles 2008-11-20
Take Advantage of Training Programs
While competitors cut training, invest wisely in programs that will help you hang onto A players and prepare your company to rebound after the recession. The scenario: Cost-cutting leaves little room...
Tags: Leadership, Training, Workforce Management, Training And Certification, Human Resources, Recession Strategy, Employee Training, BNET Feature, Kim Girard
Articles 2008-11-20
Rebalance Compensation From Top to Bottom
When morale flags, sacrifice executive pay and reward those further down the ladder to send a unifying message. The scenario: Budget cuts and fear of layoffs are killing employee morale, and productivity has come to a standstill. The tactic: Sacrifice executive pay...
Tags: Layoff, Sysco Corp., Workforce Management, Benefits, Payroll Solutions, Human Resources, Compensation, Salary, Layoffs, Recession Strategy, BNET Feature, Danielle Novy
Articles 2008-11-20
Price Optimize for Your Best Customers
Segment your core customers from the deal seekers — and offer goods that will appeal to each. The scenario: Customers who account for a small percentage of sales are taking up a large percentage of time and energy — at a time...
Tags: Corning Inc., Customer, The Dow Chemical Co., Pricing Strategy, Customer Segmentation, Pricing, Marketing Research, Sales Strategy, Marketing, Sales, BNET Feature, Multi-tier Pricing, Recession Strategy, Karen Steen
Articles 2008-11-20
Refinance Your Debt
Renegotiate debt terms or exchange debt for equity in order to conserve cash — or even grow. The scenario: Too many financial obligations are tying up the balance sheet. The tactic: Renegotiate debt terms or exchange debt for equity in order...
Tags: Debt, Balance Sheets, Litigation, Investment, Financial Services, Financial Statements, Financial Accounting, Finance, Business Operations, BNET Feature, Debt Refinancing, Balance Sheet Restructuring, Recession Strategy, Jane Hodges
Articles 2008-11-20
Land a Private Placement to Fund Critical Investments
Seeking out private investors doesn't just promise more control over the process than a public offering — it often leads to bigger payouts, too. The scenario: A public company in need of serious...
Tags: Placement, Investment, Mako, Public Market, Investor, Financial Accounting, Finance, Private Placement, Private Funding, Recession Strategy, BNET Feature, Susanna Hamner
Articles 2008-11-20
Prioritize Your Debt
  The scenario: A company’s cash flow is pinched, but the stack of bills to lenders and creditors is piling up fast. The tactic: Steal a page from the Chapter 11 handbook: Follow the “absolute priority rule” and pay off debts ...
Tags: Financial, Cash Flow, Vendor, Channel Management, Financial Accounting, Operational Accounting, Marketing, Finance, Absolute Priority Rule, Debt Prioritization, Recession Strategy, BNET Feature, Jane Hodges
Articles 2008-11-20
Sell Off Non-Critical Assets to Raise Cash
Keep the parts of the business that will help the company grow; get rid of what won't. The scenario: Insignificant assets are hogging resources — without a clear payoff in sight. The tactic: Keep the parts of the business that will...
Tags: Asset, Asset Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations, BNET Feature, Non-Core Assets, Recession Strategy, SanDisk, Toshiba, Liquidity, Jane Hodges
Articles 2008-11-20
Cherry Pick Top Talent Away from Rivals
Employ savvy recruiting tactics to poach A players from competitors. The scenario: With nearly every industry announcing layoffs and closings, high-caliber talent is up for grabs. The tactic: Employ savvy...
Tags: Talent, Workforce Management, Human Resources, BNET Feature, Recruiting, Hiring, Competition, Recession Strategy, Kim Girard
Articles 2008-11-20
Whose Recession Strategy Is the Smartest? | BNET Poll
Whose Recession Strategy Is the Smartest? | BNET PollRE: Whose Recession Strategy Is the Smartest? | BNET PollAs always in life the right answer is the one that fits your business the best. I make my plans on the facts and conditions that surround my business, not herd think.RE: Whose...
Tags: Recession Strategy, BNET Poll, recession
Discussion threads 2008-10-23

Additional Resources

Take Advantage of Recession
An economic downturn is a great time to go after competitors, who likely will be retrenching rather than advancing. But you need two things before loading up. First, your financials must be in order, including a healthy balance sheet, cash, and little debt. Second, pick the right...
Tags: Sean Silverthorne, Finance, Financial Accounting, Balance Sheets, Marketing Research, Financial Statements, Marketing
Blog posts 2008-04-14
Whose Recession Strategy Is the Smartest? | BNET Poll
In recent weeks, several major companies have revealed wildly different strategies for riding out the recession. After the dust has settled, which company do you think will emerge as the winner?[poll=19] by BNET Staff
Tags: Recession, BNET Staff
Blog posts 2008-10-22
Need a Recession Strategy? Follow the Chip Industry Model
The semiconductor industry has long been characterized by turbulent boom and bust cycles. In good times or bad, chip-makers deliver higher levels of integration in ever-shorter product cycles. Recession, political change, economic turmoil, relentless global competition, nothing stops them. How do they do it? Using methods that every company should...
Tags: Recession, Chip, Semiconductors, Hardware, Steve Tobak, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Network Technology, Enterprise Software, Software, Networking
Blog posts 2008-11-04
Recession Strategy: Keep Wireless Costs Down | Video
Keeping costs under control is an essential chapter in any recession survival guide. In this new BNET Dog and Pony video, Mike Schwartz, CEO of WirelessWatchDogs.com, shares his advice for keeping your company's mobile phone bills under wraps. [video = 250355] by BNET Staff
Tags: Recession, Video, Wireless, Corporate Communications, Marketing, BNET Staff
Blog posts 2008-11-24
Q&A: A&P Chairman Haub Backs Better Food's Advantages in Recession, Pt. 1
Not long before the recession’s start, A&P launched a strategy of significantly enhancing the quality of the food in its supermarkets, particularly in departments where it believed it could establish a competitive advantage, and, despite the recession, it isn’t backing off its better edibles stance. A&P is...
Tags: Food, Recession, A&P, Fresh, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Mike Duff
Blog posts 2009-06-23
Target Fashions a Comeback from Recession with Carlos Falchi, Jean Paul Gaultier
Despite the expansion of food operations in its latest generation discount stores, Target has continued to promote fashion and, as sales trends improve, the company could style something positive out of the recession. Target lately has managed to convince a number of fashion designers to step back...
Tags: Food, Recession, Target, Reports, Sales Strategy, Food & Beverage, Sales Force Management, Sales, Manufacturing, Mike Duff
Blog posts 2009-10-24
Who's Your City: How Creative Class Cities Will Beat the Recession
In this interview with BNET, Richard Florida explains why his latest book "Who's Your City?" matters to workers during a recession and how a business's location affects not only the talent pool, but also its ability to innovate. ...
Tags: Recession, Hillary Clinton, Economic Conditions, Urban Communities, Knowledge Worker, City, Creative Class, Books, Richard Florida, Paul Kaihla, Who's Your City?: How the Creative Economy Is Making Where to Live the Most Important Decision of Your Life, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, It Operations, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Outsourcing, Obama, NorCal, Florida, Politics, BNET Feature, Barack Obama, John McCain
Articles 2008-03-20
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