In the midst of an economic downturn, there is a tendency by some to think that things have never been so bad and that extraordinary new approaches are needed. But is this true? The current downturn is not the only economic crisis that most managers will face during their careers. Nor is it the first downturn that business school scholars have studied.
This interactive graphic details many of the recessions that have hit countries around the world dating back to the end of the first world war.
