In order to compete, companies must adapt using effective strategies, such as downsizing and outsourcing their labor forces-frightening propositions to workers in former command economies, who were once securely employed for life.

• 为了提高竞争力,公司必须采用一些措施,比如裁员和向外寻求劳动力。但是,在以前的社会主义经济的环境中,这种裁减员工的做法对于想保住铁饭碗的人来说是一件非常恐怖的事情。