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Financial Times partnership – Managing in a downturn 

For senior managers and executives, navigating through a downturn has never been easy. But what does managing in a downturn mean? Is there a way to minimize short-term pain and maximize long-term competitive advantage? What costs should be cut and what should not? And what lessons can be learned from previous downturns and how organizations managed during those times?
Financial Times partnership - Managing in a downturn

The Financial Times in association with KPMG have produced an exclusive four-part series entitled, Mastering Management: Managing in a downturn. Released from January 23 through February 13, 2009, this series provides a comprehensive guide to the latest research and ideas on how to manage in a downturn. Featuring newly commissioned articles as well as interviews from top business thinkers from the US, UK, Canada and around the world, each part focuses on a specific theme.

 

The articles included in the Financial Times weekly supplements are provided below. Also visit the FT Web site for additional articles and audio or video interviews with business leaders and academics from leading universities around the world, including Canadian scholars from McGill University, the Sauder School of Business (University of Vancouver), and the Ivey School of Business (University of Western Ontario).

 

Part 1 - Surveying the damage: The lessons from previous financial downturns [PDF 3.87Mb]

  • Time for managers to stand and deliver
  • Keeping the global economy afloat (lessons from the Great Depression)
  • Scandinavia: Failed, banks, state control and a rapid recovery
  • Japan: Hubris, denial and the loss of confidence
  • Seizing the upside of a downturn

 

Part 2 - Short-term strategy: Getting through the crisis [PDF 4.68Mb]

  • Fortune favours the well-prepared
  • How to talk your way through a downturn
  • Getting staff on your side
  • Optimists have a brighter future
  • Rethinking links in the global supply chain
  • Looking long term on the passage to "Chindia"

 

Part 3 - Long-term strategy: Looking beyond the crisis [PDF 3.77Mb]

  • Keeping a keen eye on consumer behaviour
  • Tasting the fruits of effective innovation
  • Sure way to tackle uncertainty in tough times
  • Plugging in to transformation
  • Does your M&A add value?
  • The time is ripe for fresh ideas
  • Play fair with workers to reap rich rewards

 

Part 4 - The future business environment and opportunities [PDF 3.64Mb]

  • New thinking on how to do business
  • Why sustainability is still going strong
  • Time to bring real shareholders back on board
  • New models for the future
  • Sovereign wealth revalued
  • China and India take on the multinationals

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Financial Times: Managing in a Downturn
Managing in a Downturn
The Financial Times in association with KPMG member firms have produced an exclusive four-part series entitled, Mastering Management: Managing in a downturn

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