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Navigating a Downturn: Strategies for Business Resilience

Tom Spencer

Just think of Kodak, Blockbuster, Blackberry, and Nokia, companies that were once dominant in their respective industries. For example, a manufacturing company might explore new markets or develop complementary products to ensure a more stable income. Zuhair Imaduddin is an Innovation Development Analyst at JPMorgan Chase.

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A New Quest for Consultancy: Transitioning from Just-in-Time Logistics

Tom Spencer

Since the philosophies, frameworks, and insights developed by top firms contribute to the business practices which play a role in making the economic system unsustainable, a crisis signals the need for reflection. Just-in-time production quickly became a sensation and went on to become the world-wide norm across various industries.

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Tesla: Leading the Charge Toward Sustainability

Tom Spencer

has disrupted the auto industry and established itself as a leader in sustainable energy. The company has consistently pushed the boundaries of what is possible with EVs, starting with the Tesla Roadster in 2008, the first long-range electric sports car. Tesla is also engaged in broader efforts to disrupt traditional industries.

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Great Depression 2020?

CaseInterview.com

For context, I asked this exact same question in October 2008 at the start of the Great Recession. In the case of the Great Depression, Black Monday 1987, and the Great Recession of 2008, the assets in question were stock market prices. We were extremely close to a great depression in 2008. They are very straight forward.

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We May Not Have a Clear Path, But We Each Have One

Harmonious Workplaces

This group of Industrial-Organizational (I-O) Psychology practitioners took turns sharing how they found their way toward our aligned passions of how people think and behave in the workplace. I started working at the age of 16 in 1992 as an industrial cleaner on nights and weekends with my friend Mark.

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Main Risks of Aerospace Engineering Projects: How to Implement Wise Risk Management into Your Organization

Epicflow

Speaking about the risk-bearing events affecting aerospace engineering projects, we can divide them into three groups: project management, engineering risks, and those that are typical for the aerospace and defense industry. developing a poor project plan), Executing (e.g., Risks specific for the aerospace and defense industry.

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Hedge Funds: Purpose, Business Model, and Strategies

Tom Spencer

Greenlight Capital, founded by David Einhorn , is known for its long/short equity strategy, and most notable for its short selling of Lehman Brothers prior to the bank’s collapse in 2008. Funds could diversify in various ways, such as across asset classes, industries, regions, currencies, or management styles.