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Big winners and big losers : the 4 secrets of long term -business success and failure / Alfred A. Marcus.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Marcus, Alfred A. (Alfred Allen), 1950-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Success in business--Case studies.
Success in business.
Corporations.
Industrial management--Case studies.
Industrial management.
Corporations--Case studies.
Business failures.
Strategic planning.
Management.
Genre:
Case studies.
Physical Description:
xxv, 396 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Wharton School Pub., [2006]
Contents:
Introduction
Persistent winning and losing
Companies that hit and missed the mark
Winners
Companies that keep winning
Sweet spots
Agility
Discipline
Focus
Losers
Companies that keep losing
Sour spots
Rigidity
Ineptness
Diffuseness
Conclusion
Wining and losing practices
Turnarounds
Appendix A: Best sellers compared
Appendix B: Using the stock market as an indicator
Appendix C: Additional data on the companies
Appendix D: Patterns of winning and losing companies.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-369) and index.
ISBN:
0131451324
9780131451322
OCLC:
60669029

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