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Layoffs: Effects on Key Stakeholders

By: Sandra J. Sucher, Elana Sara Green, David Alberto Rosales and Susan J. Winterberg
  • Format:Print
  • | Language:English
  • | Pages:8
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Abstract

From 2004-2009, almost 40,000 mass layoffs occurred in the US, representing over 7 million workers. This note describes the effects of layoffs on employees, firms, and communities.

Keywords

Restructuring; Decisions; Employees; Resignation and Termination; Business and Stakeholder Relations; United States

Citation

Sucher, Sandra J., Elana Sara Green, David Alberto Rosales, and Susan J. Winterberg. "Layoffs: Effects on Key Stakeholders." Harvard Business School Background Note 611-028, December 2010. (Revised September 2014.)

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Sandra J. Sucher

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