London Business School podcasts

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Survival of the fattest Aug 25, 2009

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Chris Higson, Associate Professor of Accounting discusses how despite their revenues tumbling and prices falling, Apple survived the recession of the early 1990s because they were a fat organisation with a strong balance sheet

Managing risk in your organisation Aug 25, 2009

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Julian Birkinshaw, Professor of Strategic and International Management discusses how poor risk management decisions could have been avoided by using three complimentary approaches to risk management: formalisation, externalisation and personalisation

Did the crisis kill innovation? Aug 18, 2009

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Dominic Houlder, Adjunct Professor of Strategic and International Management, explains that innovation, not cost cutting, is the key to surviving the crisis

What will winning organisations look like in 18 months' time? Aug 10, 2009

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Rob Goffee, Professor of Organisational Behaviour at London Business School discusses what business will look like in 18 months' time and how their focus will be a further 18 months ahead of that

What performance indicators become prevalent in a recession? Aug 10, 2009

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Rob Goffee, Professor of Organisational Behaviour at London Business School discusses what the most common performance indicators are during a downturn, including the 'soft' indicators such as enjoying your job

Opportunities in emerging markets in the downturn Aug 10, 2009

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Terry Rhodes, Co-Founder of CelTel, looks at the interesting and new opportunities which might be overlooked during this downturn

How should executives prepare for the upturn? Aug 10, 2009

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Rob Goffee, Professor of Organisational Behaviour at London Business School discusses why executives can not ignore the fundamentals of leadership when preparing for the upturn

Is it time to focus on risk-reduction strategies? Aug 07, 2009

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Richard Punt, Managing Partner of Strategy at Deloitte, discusses the potential outcomes as a result of the ttightening in the willingness for companies to take risk

Is the slowdown an opportunity for leaders to get ahead and increase the gap? Aug 07, 2009

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Richard Punt, Managing Partner of Strategy at Deloitte, talks about why it's important that leaders get focused on the media term opportunities

How to deal with the upturn when it comes Aug 06, 2009

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Richard Punt, Managing Partner of Strategy at Deloitte, discusses how managers can best prepare their organisation for the upturn