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Always a Winner


Always a Winner

Finding Your Competitive Advantage in an Up and Down Economy
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von: Peter Navarro

22,99 €

Verlag: Wiley
Format: EPUB
Veröffentl.: 06.08.2009
ISBN/EAN: 9780470531723
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 240

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"In much the same way that <i>Good to Great</i> uncovered hitherto hidden secrets of highly successful companies, Navarro’s <i>Always a Winner</i> uses extensive research to reveal the overriding importance of learning how to forecast and strategically manage the business cycle for competitive advantage. In doing so, this book provocatively explores a critical aspect of successful management virtually untapped by the existing strategy literature." <b>—Dan DiMicco, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Nucor Steel</b> <p>" <i>Always a Winne</i>r is an important and timely guide to thriving in challenging economic times. Prof. Navarro deftly bridges the academic and business communities, showing corporate leaders how to read economic tea-leaves to anticipate business cycles. His "Master Cyclist" credo offers many practical tips and real-world case studies for steering companies through turbulent economic seas." <b>—Mark Greene, Ph.D, Chief Executive Officer, FICO (Fair Isaac Corp.)</b></p> <p>"Navarro’s <i>Always a Winner</i> shows why forecasting the economy with a ruler can be lethal for corporate executives and money managers. He demonstrates how to skillfully anticipate the ups and downs of the economy and successfully navigate through them. The current economic crisis clearly demonstrates why this book is so important to have on your bookshelf." <b>—Mark Zandi, Chief Economist and Cofounder of Moody’s Economy.com</b></p> <p>"<i>Always a Winner</i> is required reading for every entrepreneur, money manager, and independent investor hoping to outperform the market and retire one day." <b>—Mark T. Brookshire, Founder of StockTrak.com and WallStreetSurvivor.com</b></p> <p>" Navarro’s wealth of real world examples will show you how to make both economic recessions and recoveries invaluable allies in executing competitive corporate strategies. A must read!" <b>—</b>L<b>aksh</b>m<b>an</b> A<b>chu</b>t<b>han, Managing Director, Economic Cycle Research Institute</b></p> <p><b>Why recessions are far more dangerous than any 10 competitors</b></p> <p>Most companies make a lot of money during economic expansions-and lose a lot of money during recessions. That is the way it has always been. That is the way it need <i>not</i> always be.</p> <p>This book will show you how to "always be a winner" over the course of the entire business cycle-not just when economic times are good. To do this job, this book will arm you with all the strategies and tactics and forecasting tools you will need to profitably manage your organization through the business cycle seasons-from the best of boom times to the worst of recessionary times.</p> <p>In this book, you will learn to</p> <ul> <li>Forecast movements and key recessionary turning points in the business cycle</li> <li>Implement a set of powerful "battle-tested" strategies over the course of the business cycle</li> <li>Rebuild your organization with a strategic business cycle orientation and thereby make it much more recession-resistant and resilient over the longer term</li> </ul> <p>The forecasting tools and management strategies revealed in this book have been developed over the last five years by the author-the world's leading expert on managing the business cycle for competitive advantage.</p> <p>By learning to strategically manage the business cycle, your organization will be able to create a powerful competitive and sustainable advantage over its rivals and thereby find the grail sought by every executive team in the world-superior financial performance.</p> <p>In this way, <i>Always a Winner</i> provides you with the in-depth insight and practical advice you need to help your company survive and thrive in the increasingly risky conditions of the 21st century.</p>
<p>About the Author xiii</p> <p>Preface xvii</p> <p>A Big-Picture View of the Always a Winner Organization 1</p> <p>Chapter 1 Why Recessions are More Dangerous than Any 10 Competitors 3</p> <p>Chapter 2 What Good to Great and Always a Winner Organizations Have in Common 5</p> <p>Chapter 3 What are the Three Steps to Becoming an Always a Winner Organization? 13</p> <p>Chapter 4 How to Strategically Manage Through the Business Cycle Seasons 21</p> <p><b>Step I: Becoming Your Own Economic Forecaster 33</b></p> <p>Chapter 5 How (and Why) the Business Cycle Cycles 35</p> <p>Chapter 6 How to Forecast the Business Cycle in Four Easy Pieces 43</p> <p>Chapter 7 Why the GDP Equation is Your Most Important Forecasting Tool 47</p> <p>Chapter 8 Why Tracking the Consumer is the Ultimate Confidence Game 55</p> <p>Chapter 9 Why Taking the Pulse of Business Investment is as Simple as ISM 61</p> <p>Chapter 10 How Falling Exports Can Flatten an Economy in a Flat World 67</p> <p>Chapter 11 Why Uncle Sam is the Spender of Last Resort 75</p> <p>Chapter 12 How Do I Fear Thee, Inflation? Let Me Count the Ways 83</p> <p>Chapter 13 Why the Bond Market is Not a Casino 89</p> <p>Chapter 14 Why Forecasting a Recession is No Bull (Market) 95</p> <p>Chapter 15 How the Corporate Earnings Calendar Literally “Guides” Your Strategy 101</p> <p><b>Step II: Always a Winner Strategies through the Business Cycle Seasons 107</b></p> <p>Chapter 16 How to Recession-Proof Your Supply Chain 109</p> <p>Chapter 17 Why Cherry Picking the Talent Pool During Recessions is Your Quality Key 117</p> <p>Chapter 18 Why Countercyclical Advertising is the Best Way to Build Brand and Market Share 125</p> <p>Chapter 19 Why Companies Often Price Their Products and Manage Credit Exactly Wrong 133</p> <p>Chapter 20 How To Not Get Run Over by the Capital Expenditures Bandwagon 143</p> <p>Chapter 21 Why You Should Buy Low and Sell High over the Stock Market Cycle 151</p> <p>Chapter 22 How to Minimize Your Capital Financing Costs over the Interest Rate Cycle 161</p> <p><b>Step III: Building the Always a Winner Organization 169</b></p> <p>Chapter 23 Why Always a Winner Organizations Always Begin with a Strong Business Cycle Management Orientation 171</p> <p>Chapter 24 How Every Executive Team Can Boost Its Economic and Financial Market Literacy 177</p> <p>Chapter 25 Why a Facilitative Structure Must Follow Your Business Cycle Management Strategy 185</p> <p>Chapter 26 Why a Supportive Organizational Culture is Essential to Always Being a Winner 191</p> <p>Chapter 27 How to Protect Your 401(k) in an Up-and-Down Stock Market 195</p> <p>Concluding Thoughts 203</p> <p>Notes 205</p> <p>Acknowledgements 211</p> <p>Index 217</p>
<p><b>PETER NAVARRO, P<small>H</small>D,</b> is the accomplished author of the bestselling <i>The Coming China Wars</i>, the path-breaking <i>The Well-Timed Strategy</i>, and the investment classic <i>If It's Raining in Brazil, Buy Starbucks</i>. He is a Professor at the Paul Merage School of Business at the University of California, Irvine, and a regular CNBC contributor. Professor Navarro has been featured on <i>60 Minutes</i>, and his articles have appeared in a wide range of publications, from <i>BusinessWeek</i>, the <i>Los Angeles Times</i>, <i>New York Times</i>, and <i>Wall Street Journal</i> to the <i>Harvard Business Review</i>, the <i>MIT Sloan Management Review</i>, and the <i>Journal of Business.</i> His free weekly investment newsletter is published at www.peternavarro.com.
<p><b>ALWAYS A WINNER<br> Finding Your Competitive Advantage in an Up and Down Economy</b> <p><b>"If you learn how to become your own economic forecaster as</b> <b><i>Always a Winner</i></b><b> teaches, you will ensure that a recession will never again catch you or your organization by surprise."</b><br> <b>—Peter Navarro, from <i>Always a Winner: Finding Your Competitive Advantage in an Up and Down Economy</i></b> <p>A recession can do far more damage to your organization than any of your ten toughest competitors. Without question, this is the most important lesson that business executives have all too painfully learned in the carnage of the 2007–2009 economic crash. <p>Internationally recognized as an authority on managing the business cycle for competitive advantage, author Peter Navarro shows you how your organization can be a winner over the course of its <i>entire</i> cycle—not just when economic times are good. <i>Always a Winner: Finding Your Competitive Advantage in an Up and Down Economy</i> arms you with all the strategies, tactics, and forecasting tools you will need to profitably manage your organization through every business cycle season—from the best of boom times to the worst economic slumps. <p>Practical and insightful, <i>Always a Winner</i> offers immediately useful guidance to help your company survive and thrive in the increasingly risky conditions of the twenty-first century, revealing how you can: <ul> <li>Forecast movements and key recessionary turning points in the business cycle</li> <li>Implement a set of "battle-tested" strategies over the course of the business cycle</li> <li>Rebuild your organization with a broader strategic business cycle orientation</li> <li>Make your organization more recession-resistant and resilient over the longer term</li> </ul> <p>Peter Navarro's call to action is simple: if you really care about your organization, you will learn to strategically manage the business cycle to create a powerfully competitive and sustainable advantage over your rivals. In the end, you will attain the superior financial performance sought by every executive team in the world.

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