Well Timed Strategy, The: Managing the Business Cycle for Competitive Advantage

by Navarro, Peter

• ISBN13: 9780131494206
• ISBN10: 0131494201
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-01-01
• Publisher: Wharton School Publishing

Summary

Most companies ignore one of their best opportunities for honing competitive advantage: the opportunity to proactively manage business cycles and economic turbulence. Despite the profound impact that the business cycle has on the fortunes and fate of so many businesses large and small--and the employees and investors that depend on them--you will not find a single book that offers a comprehensive guide to strategically and tactically managing the business cycle. The Well-Timed Strategy shows you how to manage not just the business cycle and industry cycles but also today's unprecedented level of macroeconomic turbulence.

Table of Contents

Introduction	xvii
Chapter 1: Strategies and Tactics of the Master Cyclist Executive	1	(14)
Chapter 2: Countercycling Your Capital Expenditures	15	(24)
Chapter 3: The Acquisitive Master Cyclist Buys Low and Sells High	39	(16)
Chapter 4: The Art of "Cherry Picking" and Other Well-Timed Tactics of the Human Resources Manager	55	(20)
Chapter 5: "Macromanaging" Your Production, Inventory, and Supply Chain	75	(20)
Chapter 6: Master Cyclist Marketing Through the Business Cycle Seasons	95	(16)
Chapter 7: Pricing the Cycle and Managing Credit and Account Receivables	111	(18)
Chapter 8: Proactive Profiting from Oil Price Spikes, Interest Rate Hikes, and Exchange Rate Risks	129	(20)
Chapter 9: When You Can't Beat the Business Cycle, Hedge Its Risks!	149	(20)
Chapter 10: Surviving—and Prospering from— the Economic Shocks of War, Terrorism, Drought, and Disease	169	(16)
Chapter 11: The Master Cyclist's Favorite Forecasting Tools	185	(26)
Concluding Thoughts	211	(2)
Appendix A: The Master Cyclist Project's Treasure Trove of Data and All-Star Team	213	(10)
Appendix B: A Business Cycle Primer	223	(10)
Notes	233	(6)
Index	239

Excerpts

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