right-sizing

But let's call it "right-sizing," says Duke University behavioral economist Dan Ariely.

Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2012

The company had been busy right-sizing to the lower customer demand and had been successful at preserving at least a small EBIT through the year.

December holidays in Mexico: celebrating while cutting business costs 2009

This happens in business too, examples include "right-sizing" or "volume-based involuntary reductions" instead of layoffs and firings, "market corrections" instead of stock market collapses, "earnings restatements" instead of accounting failures, etc.

Transparency 2010

This happens in business too, examples include "right-sizing" or "volume-based involuntary reductions" instead of layoffs and firings, "market corrections" instead of stock market collapses, "earnings restatements" instead of accounting failures, etc.

Integrity 2010

This happens in business too, examples include "right-sizing" or "volume-based involuntary reductions" instead of layoffs and firings, "market corrections" instead of stock market collapses, "earnings restatements" instead of accounting failures, etc.

2 posts from March 2010 2010

Sound Generation echo boomers One way builders have been trying to do that is by "right-sizing" their homes, or building smaller, more efficient dwellings that are more appealing to the supposedly more urban-minded and environmentally conscious young buyers, who are referred to as "Generation Y" or the "echo boomers."

Week in Words Erin McKean 2012

There's not a business in American that's survived this recession without right-sizing its workforce, without having to become more productive with fewer workers.

Bill proposes 10 percent cut in federal workforce Ed O 2011

Without the focus and alertness that cappuccino provides, it's likely a right-sizing consultant will show up in your office, seize your Aeron chair, and soon you'll be enjoying your cappuccinos alone while watching "The View" and fantasizing about whether or not you can get over Elizabeth Haselbach's politics.

Adam Hanft: Support Our Cappuccino Fund-Raiser Today Adam Hanft 2010

"Part of this culling is right-sizing for the current environment, but also to prepare for Basel III and a post Dodd-Frank world," said Howard Chen , analyst at Credit Suisse Group, referring to rules that will require banks to have greater capital cushions and the Dodd-Frank regulatory overhaul, which includes the Volcker rule.

Banks Spell Out Deep Cost Cuts Liz Rappaport 2011

This happens in business too, examples include "right-sizing" or "volume-based involuntary reductions" instead of layoffs and firings, "market corrections" instead of stock market collapses, "earnings restatements" instead of accounting failures, etc.

euphemasia 2010