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How the mighty fall : and why some companies never give in / Jim Collins.

By: Publication details: New York : Jim Collins, Distributed in the U.S. and Canada exclusively by HarperCollins, Publishers, c2009.Description: xiv, 222 p. : ill. ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780977326419 (cloth) :
  • 0977326411 :
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HG3761 .C65 2009
Contents:
The silent creep of impending doom -- Five stages of decline -- Stage 1: Hubris born of success -- Stage 2: Undisciplined pursuit of more -- Stage 3: Denial of risk and peril -- Stage 4: Grasping for salvation -- Stage 5: Capitulation to irrelevance or death -- Well-founded hope.
Summary: Discusses signs pointing toward the decline of a business, how far the decline can proceed before failure becomes inevitable, and crucial steps companies can take to reverse course.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-211) and index.

The silent creep of impending doom -- Five stages of decline -- Stage 1: Hubris born of success -- Stage 2: Undisciplined pursuit of more -- Stage 3: Denial of risk and peril -- Stage 4: Grasping for salvation -- Stage 5: Capitulation to irrelevance or death -- Well-founded hope.

Discusses signs pointing toward the decline of a business, how far the decline can proceed before failure becomes inevitable, and crucial steps companies can take to reverse course.

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