"This time is different": the stories that inflate bubbles
Every bubble comes with a persuasive story about a new era. Why those stories are usually partly true, how they get stretched too far, and how to test a new-era claim.
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Articles tagged Strategy
Turning business goals into a workable strategy
Use five planning questions to connect your current position, future goals and practical choices, then turn the answers into a plan your small business can act on.
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Utility: putting a value on outcomes when choices are uncertain
Expected value is not enough when outcomes are risky. How utility theory, rational preferences, risk attitudes and the maximum expected utility principle help make consistent choices.
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Wealth effects: how rising asset prices change the way people spend
When shares or homes rise in value, people feel richer and often spend more, save less or borrow. How wealth effects work, why they reverse, and what they mean for businesses.
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After the peak: what happens when a bubble bursts
When a bubble bursts, falling prices, distressed borrowers, cautious banks and wary consumers can turn a market correction into a recession. How the bust unfolds and how recovery comes.
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Why bubble warnings come too early, and why timing is so hard
People who warn of bubbles are often right about the risk and wrong about the timing. Why warnings arrive early, why markets can stay overvalued for years, and how to act without predicting the top.
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Why business development is everyone's job
Nothing moves in a business until someone wins a customer. Why business development matters at every level, what it really involves, and how non-salespeople can do it well.
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Why this website has no database
The GoCore website is static: plain files, generated in advance and served from the edge. Why we chose that, and what we gave up in return.
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Why KEVOS is starting broad
The reasoning behind KEVOS's early exploratory phase, and how its focus was expected to narrow. KEVOS now focuses on engineering, manufacturing and operations services.
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