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Roar Out of the Covid-19 RecessionYou've weathered the shock, the lockdowns, and the slow crawl back. But with a new normal come new risks&#8212and new opportunities. What must you and your business do now to come out of the downturn stronger and better positioned for the future?Global Recession: Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review will help you find possibilities amid the upheaval and reshape your business to seize advantage in the upswing.Business is changing. Will you adapt or be left behind?Get up to speed and deepen your understanding of the topics that are shaping your company's future with the Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review series. Featuring HBR's smartest thinking on fast-moving issues&#8212blockchain, cybersecurity, AI, and more&#8212each book provides the foundational introduction and practical case studies your organization needs to compete today and collects the best research, interviews, and analysis to get it ready for tomorrow.You can't afford to ignore how these issues will transform the landscape of business and society. The Insights You Need series will help you grasp these critical ideas&#8212and prepare you and your company for the future.

Revitalize your company and roar out of the recession.We're facing the second major global downturn in a decade. To survive, companies must balance managing the crisis in the short term with innovation and reinvention to return to growth in a changed world. HBR's 10 Must Reads for the Recession Collection offers the ideas and strategies you need to lead your company on the path to renewal. Included in this set are:HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing in a Downturn (Expanded Edition)HBR's 10 Must Reads on Organizational ResilienceHBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing RiskHBR's 10 Must Reads on InnovationHBR's 10 Must Reads on Business Model InnovationHBR's 10 Must Reads on Change ManagementIt includes 60 articles selected by HBR's editors from renowned thought leaders such as Clayton Christensen, John Kotter, Rita Gunther McGrath, W. Chan Kim, and Renee Mauborgne, and features the indispensable articles'Global Supply Chains in a Post-Pandemic World'by Willy Shih and'Roaring Out of Recession'by Nitin Nohria and Ranjay Gulati. It's time for companies to be bold in the face extraordinary headwinds. HBR's 10 Must Reads for the Recession Collection will help you face them.HBR's 10 Must Reads paperback series is the definitive collection of books for new and experienced leaders alike. Leaders looking for the inspiration that big ideas provide, both to accelerate their own growth and that of their companies, should look no further. HBR's 10 Must Reads series focuses on the core topics that every ambitious manager needs to know: leadership, strategy, change, managing people, and managing yourself. Harvard Business Review has sorted through hundreds of articles and selected only the most essential reading on each topic. Each title includes timeless advice that will be relevant regardless of an ever‐changing business environment.

How do the most resilient companies survive&#8212and even thrive&#8212during a slowdown?If you read nothing else on surviving a tough economy and coming back stronger, read these 15 articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help your company persevere through economic challenges and continue to grow while your competitors stumble.This book will inspire you to:Harness your resources to pull through a pandemicLearn the right lessons from previous recessionsMinimize pain while cutting costs and managing riskFoster a healthy culture during anxious timesMake smart moves to protect your own jobSeize the opportunity to innovate and reinvent your businessThis collection of articles includes'Seize Advantage in a Downturn'by David Rhodes and Daniel Stelter;'How to Survive a Recession and Thrive Afterward: A Research Roundup'by Walter Frick;'How to Bounce Back from Adversity'by Joshua D. Margolis and Paul G. Stoltz;'Rohm and Haas's Former CEO on Pulling off a Sweet Deal in a Down Market'by Raj Gupta;'How to Be a Good Boss in a Bad Economy'by Robert I. Sutton;'Layoffs That Don't Break Your Company'by Sandra J. Sucher and Shalene Gupta;'Getting Reorgs Right'by Stephen Heidari-Robinson and Suzanne Heywood;'Reigniting Growth'by Chris Zook and James Allen;'Reinvent Your Business Model Before It's Too Late'by Paul Nunes and Tim Breene;'How to Protect Your Job in a Recession'by Janet Banks and Diane Coutu;'Learning from the Future'by J. Peter Scoblic;'5 Ways to Stimulate Cash Flow in a Downturn'by Eddie Yoon and Christopher Lochhead;'The Case for M&A in a Downturn'by Brian Salsberg;'Include Your Employees in Cost-Cutting Decisions'by Patrick Daoust and Paul Simon; and'Preparing Your Business for a Post-Pandemic World'by Carsten Lund Pedersen and Thomas Ritter.HBR's 10 Must Reads paperback series is the definitive collection of books for new and experienced leaders alike. Leaders looking for the inspiration that big ideas provide, both to accelerate their own growth and that of their companies, should look no further. HBR's 10 Must Reads series focuses on the core topics that every ambitious manager needs to know: leadership, strategy, change, managing people, and managing yourself. Harvard Business Review has sorted through hundreds of articles and selected only the most essential reading on each topic. Each title includes timeless advice that will be relevant regardless of an ever‐changing business environment.

How do the most resilient companies survive--and even thrive--during a slowdown?If you read nothing else on preparing for a tough economy and coming back stronger, read these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help your company persevere through economic challenges and continue to grow even as your competitors stumble.This book will inspire you to:Get your company ready before a downturn strikesLearn the right lessons from previous recessionsMinimize pain while cutting costs and managing riskFoster a healthy organizational culture during anxious times

Managing uncertainty has become a new business imperative. Technological discontinuities, regulatory upheavals, geopolitical shocks, abrupt shifts in consumer tastes or behavior, and many other factors have emerged or intensified in recent years and together conspire to undermine even the most carefully constructed business strategies. Managing Uncertainty: Strategies for Surviving and Thriving in Turbulent Times addresses these new challenges, assessing the sources of business turbulence, how to classify uncertainty, and the different ways in which uncertainty can be embraced to allow greater innovation and growth. Drawing on examples from around the world, the book presents the most recent ideas on what it means to manage uncertainty, from practitioners, academics, and consultants. Addresses the challenges of managing uncertainty in business Presents a step-by-step guide to managing business uncertainty Draws examples from major international companies, including Intel, Procter & Gamble, Siemens, Boeing, Quinetiq, Philips, China Telecom, Ford, Apple, Shell, Glaxo SmithKline and many more Written for business leaders and managers looking for new ways to ensure that their businesses continue to thrive in a world of increasing complexity, Managing Uncertainty presents new and innovative ideas about reducing risk by understanding difficult-to-predict shifts.

Chapter 1 - Recession Chapter 2 - Recession Shapes Chapter 3 - Long Depression Chapter 4 - 99ers Chapter 5 - Depression Chapter 6 - Late-2000s Recession Chapter 7 - Late-2000s Recession in Europe Chapter 8 - Late-2000s Recession in Asia Chapter 9 - 2007–10 Recession in the United States Chapter 10 - Causes of the Late-2000s Recession Chapter 11 - Effects of the Late-2000s Recession Chapter 12 - Late-2000s Financial Crisis