Author tells how to master the business cycle for profitability.

From: Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, TX) | Date: March 16, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Cecil Johnson

``The Well-Timed Strategy: Managing the Business Cycle for Competitive Advantage,'' by Peter Navarro (Wharton School Publishing, 272 pages, $27.99)

Cisco Systems got "whipped by the bullwhip effect" when it "spectacularly bungled" its production and inventory control in the months preceding the 2001 recession, says University of California at Irvine business Professor Peter Navarro.

In his latest book, "The Well-Timed Strateg...

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