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corporate anorexia — (KOR.puh.rit an.uh.REKS.ee.uh) n. A business disorder, marked by an extreme fear of becoming inefficient that leads to excessive cost cutting to the point of serious loss of business and sometimes bankruptcy. Example Citation: Some business… … New words
corporate anorexia — A malaise that affects businesses after a severe cost cutting phase. The firm s ability to expand production to maintain its competitive position in the market may, for example, be compromised by a misguided pressure to reduce costs by downsizing … Big dictionary of business and management
Corporate Culture — acoustic privacy adhocracy al desko BHAG bozo explosion BYOD corpocracy corporate anorexia … New words
corporateanorexia — corporate anorexia n. A condition in which a corporation does not have enough employees to meet its goals or needs, especially as a consequence of downsizing. * * * … Universalium
pro-ana — adj. Promoting or encouraging excessive thinness, extreme weight loss, or anorexia. Also: pro ana, proana. Example Citations: The group dieting that is relatively ad hoc among friends and sorority sisters takes a more organized form on the… … New words
dumbsizing — (DUM.sy.zing) pp. Reducing the size of a company s workforce to such an extent that the company becomes unprofitable or inefficient. Also: dumb size. dumbsize v. dumbsizer n. Example Citation: Granted, companies became lean and nimble, but… … New words
carborexic — n. A person who is obsessed with minimizing his or her use of carbon. adj. carborexia n. Example Citations: Being environmentally aware is one thing, and being obsessed with it, is another, say US psychiatrists, who warn that extreme… … New words
bozo explosion — n. The large number of inept employees that a company ends up with when it hires an incompetent executive, who in turn hires incompetent managers, who then hire incompetent workers. Example Citation: In the chapter about designing the original… … New words
inshoring — pp. Gaining local jobs when foreign companies add or expand upon local operations. Also: in shoring. inshore v., n. Example Citations: Amen said the center hopes to broaden the study to get a handle on foreign based companies moving work to the… … New words
offshorable — (awf.SHOR.uh.bul) adj. Capable of being moved to another country, especially to reduce costs; capable of being performed by a person in another country, especially at a lower wage or salary. offshore v. offshoring pp. Example Citations: After he… … New words
