Mapping decline and recovery across sectors

As banks fall and markets tank, smart executives take the long view and focus on the basics: understanding valuations, weighing investment opportunities, managing balance sheets, making strategic choices that create value. “Mapping decline and recovery across sectors” examines the way a number of industries performed during four recent recessions.
“What’s different about M&A in this downturn” compares deal making in the first years of past recessions and in 2008 and shows what the difference could mean for the future.