Abstract:
The following article aims at analyzing measures adopted by companies
which had to face the economic crisis in 2008. The main method chosen for
that aim was interviews with managers, which attempted at determining the
character of actions undertaken by companies to secure their ‘survival’. Such
approach to the problem focuses more on ‘remedial’ restructuring rather than
on directions for future development. It must be stressed, however, that the
presented results of empirical research cannot be treated as representative
but rather as pilot study, since they aim at identifying initial behaviors taken
up by managers facing the economic crisis.