TY - BOOK AU - Collins,James C. TI - How the mighty fall: and why some companies never give in SN - 9780977326419 (cloth) : AV - HG3761 .C65 2009 PY - 2009/// CY - New York PB - Jim Collins, Distributed in the U.S. and Canada exclusively by HarperCollins, Publishers KW - Business failures KW - Success in business KW - Organizational change KW - Management N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -