Economic restructuring on steroids: Retrenchments as annual cost-cutting?

Speaker: Dr Xu Le and Dr Samer Elhajjar 1 Feb 2024

In the eyes of investors, a successful business strategy must go beyond mere cost reduction via retrenchments. Dr Xu Le, Lecturer from the NUS Business School’s Department of Strategy and Policy, and Dr Samer Elhajjar, Senior Lecturer from the Department of Marketing, weigh in on the pitfalls of fast hiring and firing and how layoffs may trigger concerns among investors about the company's overall health and adaptability.

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