BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Turbulence
- unpredictable and swift changes in an organization's external or internal environments which affect its performance. The late 20th century was considered a turbulent environment for business because of the rapid growth in technology and globalization, and the frequency of restructuring and merger activity.
Wiktionary Definition for: Turbulence
- Irregular motion of air.
- quick, irregular movement caused by similar movement in the surrounding air or water
Additional Resources
- LBS Sull: New Industry Leaders Will Prosper During "Turbulence"
- Don Sull of the London Business School is a popular and familiar voice on the "Back to B-School" Blog. He was recently cited by Fortune as one of the "ten new gurus you should know." Right now, you'll be get to know more about him and his new book,  The...
- Blog posts 2009-10-14
- The Upside of Turbulence: How Innovation Saved Nokia
- Don Sull teaches "International and Strategic Management" at the London Business School. His new book is The Upside of Turbulence: Seizing Opportunities in an Uncertain World. In the first part of our discussion last week, we discussed what "turbulence" is and how some firms have taken advantage of it to...
- Blog posts 2009-10-21
- BOEING: Boeing distributes turbulence training aid.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-27 August 1998-BOEING: Boeing distributes turbulence training aid C1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:250898 A "Turbulence Education and Training Aid" has been sent by The Boeing Company to nearly 700 of its commercial airplane customers throughout the world. ...
- Research articles 1998-08-27
- Helping Aircraft Avoid Turbulence
- A new turbulence detection system now under test is alerting pilots to patches of rough air as they fly through clouds. The system, designed by the National Center for Atmospheric Research NCAR and tested by United Airlines on commercial flights, is designed to better protect passengers...
- Research articles 2007-09-17
- Bain & Company Survey Raises Questions About Companies' Readiness for Economic Turbulence; Midwest Executives Are More Optimistic About Weathering Economic Turbulence
- CHICAGO--BUSINESS WIRE--March 31, 1999--Interviews with nearly 100 Fortune 500 senior executives show almost 90 percent are predicting an economic downturn, but believe they will be less affected than others in their industry. Midwestern executives are even more optimistic about their ability to weather a downturn, and subsequently may be less...
- Research articles 1999-03-31
- Researchers at Ohio State University are developing jet engine silencers that will use electrical arcs to control the turbulence of exhaust--a chief source of noise.(Briefly Noted)(Brief Article)
- Researchers at Ohio State University are developing jet engine silencers that will use electrical arcs to control the turbulence of exhaust--a chief source of noise. Known ... Researchers at Ohio State University are developing jet engine silencers that will use electrical arcs to control the turbulence...
- Research articles 2004-08-01
- A quick picture.(computing)(10-teraflop Cray XT3 system used for research on turbulence )(Brief article)
- AT A RECENT HIGH-PERFORMANCE computing conference, University of Minnesota researchers Paul Woodward and David Porter used Big Ben, the 10-teraflop Cray XT3 system housed at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, to simulate turbulence in real time. AT A RECENT HIGH-PERFORMANCE computing conference, University of ...
- Research articles 2006-06-01
- Injury caused by light or moderate turbulence not actionable under Warsaw Convention
- Injury caused by light or moderate turbulence not actionable under Warsaw Convention. Magan v. Lufthansa German Airlines, 181 F. Supp. 2d 396 (S.D.N.Y 2002). A U.S. district court held that injuries caused by "light or moderate" turbulence, as defined in safety materials issued by the Federal Aviation Administration FAA, are...
- Research articles 2002-06-01
- 10 hurt as plane plunges in turbulence
- MILLBRAE -- Ten people suffered minor injuries Thursday after a United Airlines flight encountered severe turbulence over the Pacific Ocean that forced it to plunge, airport officials said. The injured include five flight attendants, who were hurt when they hit the roof of the plane as they...
- Research articles 2003-03-14
- US aviation officials to study A380 turbulence
- WASHINGTON AFP — US aviation officials are studying the potential for turbulence generated by the new Airbus A380 superjumbo jet that might require special safety regulations, an agency spokeswoman said. Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Laura Brown said the agency is reviewing the question of turbulence generated by the jet...
- Research articles 2005-10-05
- 13 injured as Turkish airliner hits turbulence
- ISTANBUL AFP — Thirteen people including a two-month-old baby were injured when a Turkish Airlines plane hit turbulence as it descended to land. The Airbus 321 with 113 passengers and five crew was coming from Dusseldorf, Germany, to Istanbul late Friday when it ran into trouble 5,400 meters (18,000...
- Research articles 2005-12-03
- Digital turbulence points to deepening instability in Middle East.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-10 April 2003-MI2G: Digital turbulence points to deepening instability in Middle EastC1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:04102003 London, UK -- A rising tide of digital attacks against Gulf Co-operation Council GCC countries including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Bahrain, Oman and Qatar...
- Research articles 2003-04-10
- Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World, The
- The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World By Alan Greenspan Penguin Press $35.00, 505 pages REVIEWED BY STEVEN K. BECKNER There are many interesting aspects of former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan's long-awaited book, but for market participants the most important is surely his warning about the reemergence...
- Research articles 2007-11-01
- Turbulence Structure and Vortex Dynamics
- Turbulence Structure and Vortex Dynamics. J. C.R. Hunt and J. C. Vassilicos, eds. Cambridge University Press, 40 W. 20th St., New York, NY 10011-4211. 2000. 306 pp. ISBN 0-521-78131-0. $80. The articles in this volume, which are derived from a symposium held at the Isaac Newton Institute of the...
- Research articles 2001-10-01
- Passengers and crew injured as China Airlines flight hits turbulence
- AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A flight operated by Taiwan-based China Airlines encountered severe air turbulence on Saturday (20 September). Around 30 passengers and crew members were injured in the incident. The injuries were said to include broken necks and other fractures. The flight, carrying 339...
- Research articles 2008-09-22
- EVA Airways passengers injured in turbulence
- AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD At least 37 people were injured, among them four seriously, when an Airbus A330-200 was hit by turbulence on Monday (28 March) as it approached Tokyo's international airport in Japan. The turbulence occurred about 18 minutes before the EVA Airways flight from...
- Research articles 2005-03-29
- Turbulence injures Indian Airlines passengers
- AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Passengers of an Indian Airlines flight from Madras to Singapore were injured after their aircraft hit a pocket of turbulence on 26 September. The aircraft was carrying 187 passengers and 11 crew members when the aircraft struck turbulence over the Bay of...
- Research articles 2000-09-27
- Gulf Air flight diverts after severe turbulence
- AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A Gulf Air flight hit severe turbulence on Saturday (2 November), injuring four people. The Airbus A340 aircraft was carrying 280 passengers and crew members from Hong Kong to Bahrain, when it encountered severe turbulence. A flight attendant reportedly suffered...
- Research articles 2002-11-04
- Aer Lingus passenger breaks leg during turbulence - claim
- AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A woman has broken her leg while flying with Aer Lingus, an Irish carrier, from Shannon to New York, USA. The woman, who was taken to hospital on arrival at New York's John F Kennedy Airport on 7 January, had...
- Research articles 2001-01-09
- Uncertainty, Technological Turbulence, Competition-- What's a Manager to Do? Thrive on It
- The article explains about dramatic increases in competitiveness, technological turbulence, deregulation, globalization and information intensity have created perpetual uncertainty in everyday managerial life. This is the kind of uncertainty that eats conventional companies--and traditional management strategies--for breakfast. It used to be that only sectors affected by de-stabilizing events or new...
- White papers 2000-08-30
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