Kim Warren on Strategy

Strategy insights and living business models

· Strategy

Strategy in cyclical industries

The world’s biggest basic materials firms are suffering along with others as the world economy collapses, and the Economist points out that taking on loads of debt to…

Kim Warren

basic materials, chemicals, cyclicality, downturn, economist, insurance, Mckinsey Quarterly, shipping, steel, strategic management

· Strategy

Profiting from the downturn - e.g. airlines

Nice example of what looks like a strategically sound business [Lufthansa] pouncing on valuable resources shaken loose when a feeble competitor [Alitalia] stumbles. The Economist reports they will…

Kim Warren

acquisition, airlines, Alitalia, building resources, construction, downturn, exploiting, insurance, Lufthansa, Mckinsey Quarterly, paper, petrochemicals, strategic management

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