Lead Your Business Through the Coronavirus Crisis

Twelve lessons on analyzing data, communicating information, and protecting your employees.

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Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak

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Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak

February 27, 2020

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Summary.

The economic impacts of Covid-19 are significant, and as the crisis unfolds, many companies are trying to understand, react to, and learn lessons from rapidly unfolding events. While the full impact will only be clear in hindsight, the authors offer 12 lessons based on BCG’s ongoing analysis and support for our clients around the world.

The Covid-19 crisis has now reached a new critical phase where public health systems need to act decisively to contain the growth in new epicenters outside China.

Martin Reeves is the chairman of Boston Consulting Group’s BCG Henderson Institute in San Francisco and a coauthor of The Imagination Machine (Harvard Business Review Press, 2021).
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Nikolaus Lang is a senior partner and managing director in BCG Germany and global leader of the Global Advantage Practice. He can be reached at Lang.Nikolaus@bcg.com.
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Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak is a partner and managing director in BCG’s New York office and global chief economist of BCG. He can be reached at: Carlsson-Szlezak.Philipp@bcg.com.

Lead Your Business Through the Coronavirus Crisis

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