MTI shares global learnings on responding to tough times

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MTI’s Thought Leadership Team (from left): CEO Hilmy Cader,

New Zealand-based Jason Cordier and India-based Darshana Buragohain

Every economy and every enterprise at some point of their life cycle will encounter tough times. This is the Sri Lankan ‘moment’ of tough times, but we are not the only economy or enterprise to have been in such a tough situation. Think Egypt, Turkey, Thailand, Bali, Kerala. So, there are a lot of learnings we can take from such economies and enterprises, which have come out strong from challenging situations.

How a company responds to tough times varies. Based on MTI’s research and international experience (having worked on assignments in over 40 countries), broadly there are two types of companies in terms of how they respond to tough times.

We have called them the ‘Chop & Cripple’ companies, and the ‘Trim & Fit’ companies. The names clearly reflect how they respond to tough times.

The following table demonstrates how the two types of companies respond to tough times.

MTI Corporate Finance, is the corporate finance arm of MTI Consulting, a boutique strategy consultancy with a network of associates across Asia, Africa and Middle East. MTI Corporate Finance provides a comprehensive range of services, including due diligence, feasibility studies, funding new businesses or capitalisation of existing ones – from IPOs to private placement facilitation, M&A facilitation, and advisory on governance, compliances and risk management.