{"product_id":"9780132716048","title":"The Well-Timed Strategy: Managing the Business Cycle for Competitive Advantage","description":"\u003cp\u003eMost companies ignore one of their best opportunities for honing competitive advantage: the opportunity to proactively manage business cycles and macroeconomic 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--not fa single book offers a comprehensive guide to strategically and tactically managing the business cycle. \u003cb\u003eThe Well-Timed Strategy\u003c\/b\u003e shows how to manage not just the business cycle and industry cycles but also today's unprecedented level of macroeconomic turbulence. Peter Navarro shows how to align every facet of business strategy, tactics, and operations to reflect changing business conditions. Drawing on hundreds of examples, Navarro distills clear, simple management principles for managing economic upswings and downswings. Navarro addresses everything from inventory, production, and supply chain management to marketing, pricing, and long-term capital investment. Navarro presents examples from around the globe, ranging from Broadcom and Cemex to Paccar and Xilinx Chinese real estate developers to U.S. small caps. Clear, concise, and exceptionally readable, \u003cb\u003eThe Well-Timed Strategy\u003c\/b\u003e makes complex macroeconomic forecasting easy to understand -- and even easier to act upon. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIntroduction  xvii\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 1: Strategies and Tactics of the Master Cyclist Executive  1\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 2: Countercycling Your Capital Expenditures  15\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 3: The Acquisitive Master Cyclist Buys Low and Sells High  39\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 4: The Art of “Cherry Picking” and Other Well-Timed Tactics of the Human Resources Manager  55\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 5: “Macromanaging” Your Production, Inventory, and Supply Chain  75\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 6: Master Cyclist Marketing Through the Business Cycle Seasons  95\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 7: Pricing the Cycle and Managing Credit and Account Receivables  111\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 8: Proactive Profiting From Oil Price Spikes, Interest Rate Hikes, and Exchange Rate Risks  129\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 9: When You Can’t Beat the Business Cycle, Hedge Its Risks!  149\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 10: Surviving–and Prospering from–the Economic Shocks of War, Terrorism, Drought, and Disease  169\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 11: The Master Cyclist’s Favorite Forecasting Tools  185\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eConcluding Thoughts  211\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAppendix A: The Master Cyclist Project’s Treasure Trove of Data and All-Star Team  213\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAppendix B: A Business Cycle Primer  223\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eNotes  233\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIndex  239\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pearson Education","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47119700263152,"sku":"9780132716048","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780132716048_p0.jpg?v=1763640590","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780132716048","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}