Several macroeconomic trends suggest the next recession may not be far off. These insights examine the moves that organizations can make now to prepare for a downturn and even thrive when it arrives.

Global Recession Watch: The Latest Data

Several key measures indicate a heightened recession risk in the US and eurozone this year.

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Strategy
The New Recession Playbook
How the best businesses are planning for the coming downturn.
Brief
Infrastructure, Construction & Building Products
Global Recession Watch: The Latest Data
Several key measures indicate trouble ahead for economic growth.
Snap Chart
Strategy
Capital Is Expensive Again. Now What?
With growing interest rates, business managers need allocate expenses towards long-term growth investments.
HBR.org
Strategy
Are You Ready to Win the Recession?
Previous recessions can help companies understand the responses that work—and the ones that don’t.
Snap Chart
Mergers and Acquisitions
M&A in Times of Turbulence: Lessons from the Last Recession
The opportunity cost is huge for companies that stay on the sidelines.
M&A Report
B2B Go-to-Market
The Opportunity for B2B Sellers in a Downturn
Bain's Jordan Lee and Steve Crowe discuss how companies can continue to grow their business during turbulent times.
Video
Operations
Unlearning the Growth vs. Costs Myth
How some companies use this timeless tension as a catalyst for outperformance.
Brief
Support Functions
Why Retooling Requires a Zero-Based Cost Management System
With margins under pressure, this approach can reduce costs as much as 25% and ensure they don’t creep back.
Brief
Accelerated Performance Transformation
Macro Challenges Are Converging
We know that a recession is looming, but it remains unclear how broad and how deep it will be.
Article
Sales and Marketing
Is Your Sales Organization Ready for a Recession?
A winning plan will help companies prosper when the economy turns down.
Brief
Accelerated Performance Transformation
Dynamic Financial Planning for a Volatile World
Organize for real events, not for the calendar.
Brief
Customer Experience
Accelerating Performance Despite Inflation
Turbulent times shouldn’t stop companies from pursuing full potential and business resiliency.
Brief
Advanced Manufacturing & Services
Supply Chain Reset: A Different Reality Demands a Different Approach
As we move into a post-globalization, post-pandemic world, supply chain reinvention has become essential.
Brief
Private Equity
Stay Ahead of Rising Prices
Track inflationary pressures across the portfolio and help management teams combat shared threats together.
Dry Powder: The Private Equity Podcast
Private Equity
Get Ahead of Rising Prices
Private equity firms must look beyond cost-cutting playbooks and develop pricing strategies that can weather an inflationary storm.
Dry Powder: The Private Equity Podcast
Operations
Cash Management Practices to Weather a Downturn
Take an honest look at the business, and decide where to improve.
Brief
Business Transformation
In a Crisis, This Is What Good Looks Like
As coronavirus sent shocks around the globe, here’s how one company adapted its transformation program to move decisively.
Brief
Change Management
Is This Company Recession Proof? Not Yet, But It’s Doing A Lot Of Things Right
Here’s how one leadership team is changing to prepare for the downturn.
Forbes.com
Performance Improvement
How Southeast Asian Companies Can Prepare for a Downturn
Bain Partner Thomas Olsen explains why companies shouldn’t be complacent about a potential economic downturn—and what they should be doing to prepare.
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