Response to haar's comment- and the beat goes on: corporate downsizing in the twenty-first century

摘要

Corporate downsizing continues to be a major strategy used by organizations to cope with a dynamic and turbulent global marketplace. A fundamental assumption made by executive is that this strategy improves the financial health of the corporation. De Meuse, Vanderheiden, and Bergmann (1994) examined several indices of financial performance over a five-year period and found that firms employing downsizing experienced a deterioration in financial performance rather than an improvement.