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downsize
To reduce the size of a company, often by eliminating one or more divisions. Management may decide to downsize a firm in order to improve efficiency and to increase the returns to shareholders. Downsizing can cause a firm to grow smaller and more valuable at the same time.


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How can downsized firms or those pursuing downsizing remain innovative?
Sustaining innovation during corporate downsizing by Gandolfi, Franco; Oster, Gary / SAM Advanced Management Journal
Thus, this theoretical model provides an explanation for why downsizing has become so prevalent in business despite equivocal evidence about the financial performance of downsized organizations.
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have downsized from a converted barn to a luxurious penthouse and bought a new home at award-winning housebuilder Charles Church's exclusive development the Manor House, in Leamington Spa.
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