The business cycle involves four stages of a product's life: introduction, growth, maturity and decline. The product life cycle business concept is contingent on a few assumptions, including the idea ...

A business cycle demonstrates the fiscal activity of an economy over a period of time. While business cycles differ in various ways, including how long they last, each of them has four distinct stages ...

Austrian economics provides valuable insights for business planning, but not so much in business cycle analysis. It’s not that key insights from the Austrian school of economics are wrong, but that ...

Q: I often hear people say "at this point in the cycle," but I'm not sure what that means. Where are we in the cycle? A: I think it's important to begin with a discussion of what the business cycle is ...

Animal spirits are often suggested as a cause of business cycles, but they are very difficult to define. Recent research proposes a novel explanation based on the changing level of risk over time and ...

A version of this article appeared in the Spring 2019 issue of strategy+business. This interview is part of the Inside the Mind of the CxO series, which explores a wide range of critical decisions ...