Return to Growth: Three Short-Term Economic Scenarios and Their IT Impacts for 2010-2011

ID Number: G00171796

20 October 2009

Mark Raskino

Business leaders, in the belief that the worst of the "great recession" has past, hope for a secure return to growth in 2010-2011. We see three scenarios CIOs should consider with their CEOs.

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Table of Contents

Analysis

1.0

Introduction

2.0

Who Should Use This Research

3.0

Three Main Scenarios

3.1		Grinding Growth: Business and IT Implications
3.2		Rocket Recovery: Business and IT Implications.
3.3		Double Trouble: Business and IT Implications

4.0

The Overall Situation: Watch for All Three Scenarios

4.1		Governments Will Be Creative With Taxes
4.2		Economic Volatility Will Most Likely Be Considerably Higher
4.3		Advanced Economy Consumers Will Be More Careful With Their Money
4.4		Capital Access Will Remain Restricted, and Loan Conditions Will Be Tough
4.5		Societies Will Be More Polarized, and There Will Be More Strife

5.0

Recommended Actions

5.1		Debate and Plan
5.2		Make Sure That You Have the Right Tools Close at Hand
5.3		Think Scalable, Flexible and Elastic

List of Tables

	Table 1.	The Three Main Growth Scenarios

List of Figures

	Figure 1.	Personal Savings Rate

IT Strategic Planning
Business and IT Alignment
IT and the Economy
CIO and IT Leadership

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