Focus on Growth.

By: Coate, PatriciaContributor(s): Coate, PatriciaMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Business Strategy SeriesPublisher: Bradford : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2006Copyright date: ©2007Description: 1 online resource (89 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781846631177Subject(s): Business planning | Strategic planningGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Focus on GrowthDDC classification: 658.802 LOC classification: HD30.28 -- .F638 2007ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Cover -- Table of contents -- Preface -- Interview with Richard Pech -- Pursuing three horizons of growth - three cases: Bombardier (Canada), Disney (US) and Hutchison Whampoa (China) -- The power of platforms -- Redefining the paradigm of global competition: offshoring of service firms -- Growth through mergers and acquisitions: how it won't be a loser's game -- What is required for growth? -- The ''Strategic States Model'': strategies for business growth -- Framing strategic communication for the growth-orientated organization -- Utilizing simple rules to enhance performancemeasurement competitiveness and accountability growth -- The value of seeking strategic direction in ensuring a future pattern of ''realistic'' growth potential.
Summary: What do AT&T, Coca Cola, Digital Equipment, GM, IBM, and McDonald's have in common? For one thing, they all enjoyed decades of enviable profits and were leaders in their industries. What else to they have in common? They all took unexpected tumbles and fell from grace. Why were these great organizations unable to sustain their profitable paths and growth? The answer to this and other probing questions about how companies do - or don't -- sustain and accelerate growth can be found in the latest compilation of articles that are part of this e-book.
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Cover -- Table of contents -- Preface -- Interview with Richard Pech -- Pursuing three horizons of growth - three cases: Bombardier (Canada), Disney (US) and Hutchison Whampoa (China) -- The power of platforms -- Redefining the paradigm of global competition: offshoring of service firms -- Growth through mergers and acquisitions: how it won't be a loser's game -- What is required for growth? -- The ''Strategic States Model'': strategies for business growth -- Framing strategic communication for the growth-orientated organization -- Utilizing simple rules to enhance performancemeasurement competitiveness and accountability growth -- The value of seeking strategic direction in ensuring a future pattern of ''realistic'' growth potential.

What do AT&T, Coca Cola, Digital Equipment, GM, IBM, and McDonald's have in common? For one thing, they all enjoyed decades of enviable profits and were leaders in their industries. What else to they have in common? They all took unexpected tumbles and fell from grace. Why were these great organizations unable to sustain their profitable paths and growth? The answer to this and other probing questions about how companies do - or don't -- sustain and accelerate growth can be found in the latest compilation of articles that are part of this e-book.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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