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How to Define "Crisis"?

The management gurus might need some language training, but they have the right idea.

January 1, 2009

You've no doubt heard that the Chinese word for "crisis" combines "danger" with "opportunity." Any number of business books and management seminars have enthusiastically seized on this idea as a way to package alleged insights on how to profit even when times are tough. Read more...

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