we had an animated discussion recently on how to understand then manage the actions of a foreign company who decides to operate during a transitional phase of the market; it is not my cup of tea since i do not show real interest for that domain, but i realized some interesting concepts that i will probably never apply since i'm not in the CEO's team of a big international company...
in fact, there are solutions possible to minimize the losses or negative consequences due to the short term unpredictable market response but the primal actions/orientation taken shall not drastically vary since the correction needed will be too complex and unrealistic; it is shown that the most important is to set a solid and reliable action plan prior to the market transient, and then apply partial correction to cope with the temporary fluctuations.
Edited by greenback - April 27 2006 at 14:39