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The self-destructive habits of good companies : --and how to break them
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The self-destructive habits of good companies : --and how to break them

Author: Jagdish N Sheth
Publisher: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Wharton School Pub. : Pearson Education, ©2007.
Edition/Format:   eBook : Document : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Identifies 7 dangerous habits which various companies fall victim to - and helps you diagnose and break these habits before they destroy you. This book helps you learn how companies slip into  Read more...

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Genre/Form: Case studies
Material Type: Document, Internet resource
Document Type: Internet Resource, Computer File
All Authors / Contributors: Jagdish N Sheth
ISBN: 9780131791138 0131791133
OCLC Number: 137284104
Description: 1 online resource.
Contents: Preface xxi Foreword xxiii 1 Why Do Good Companies Go Bad? 1 2 Denial: The Cocoon of Myth, Ritual, and Orthodoxy 19 3 Arrogance: Pride before the Fall 45 4 Complacency: Success Breeds Failure 75 5 Competency Dependence: The Curse of Incumbency 105 6 Competitive Myopia: A Nearsighted View of Competition 133 7 Volume Obsession: Rising Costs and Falling Margins 165 8 The Territorial Impulse: Culture Conflicts and Turf Wars 199 9 The Best Cure is No Cure at All 231 10 Endnotes 249 Index 263
Other Titles: Self-destructive habits of good companies and how to break them
Responsibility: Jagdish N. Sheth.

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"This book will help every manager who thinks they are doing just fine. Bad habits can creep up on a company until they sap its effectiveness and destroy its profitability. This is the right check Read more...

 
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