Building a business through good times and bad : lessons from 15 companies, each with a century of dividends / Louis Grossman, Marianne M. Jennings.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grossman, Louis H.

Contributor:

Jennings, Marianne.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Success in business--United States--Case studies.

Success in business.

Business cycles.

History.

Stocks.

Corporations.

United States.

Corporations--United States--Case studies.

Stocks--United States--History--20th century.

Business cycles--United States--History--20th century.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xv, 259 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Quorum Books, 2002.

Summary:

Grossman and Jennings examine 15 industrial companies and find unique characteristics in their values and management styles--characteristics that other companies would be wise to understand and emulate.

Contents:

Part I Who They Are and What They Did 1

1. Who Are These Companies? 3

2. Why Study Fifteen Companies and 1,526 Years of Dividends? 9

3. The Stories of Past Survivors 19

4. The Stories of Present Survivors 33

Part II How They Did What They Did 61

5. Five Keys to the Long Term: Purpose, Performance, Perfection, Priorities, and People 63

6. Key #1: Purpose

Why Are We in Business? 87

7. Key #2: Performance

What Business Are We In? 113

8. Key #3: Perfection

Will We Ever Be Satisfied? The Quest for Refining WBAWI 157

9. Key #4: Priorities

What Will We Do and What Won't We Do for Results? 183

10. Key #5: People

Who Matters? Employees Do 197

Part III How Do You Do It? 221

11. Getting to 100 Years: Creating a Climate for the Long Term 223

12. The Steps to the Long Term 229

Appendixes A Look at Financial Performance 239

Appendix A Graphic Depiction of Dividends Paid 241

Appendix B Dividend Payout Percentage 249.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1567205194

OCLC:

49312410