This is an auction for GOOD TO GREAT by Jim Collins.

Subtitled "WHY SOME COMPANIES MAKE THE LEAP . . . AND OTHERS DON'T".

"Collins is coauthor of Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies (1994), the widely heralded book that focused on companies that had outperformed the stock market by a factor of 15 starting from 1926. Then they went about the task of identifying what these companies had in common. Collins now turns his attention to companies that have made the transition from "good to great." Starting with every company that ever appeared in the Fortune 500, Collins identifies eleven that had 15-year cumulative stock returns at or below the general stock market when, after a transition point, they then demonstrated cumulative returns of at least three times the market over the next 15 years. Collins then looked for similarities among the companies. What he found will fascinate anyone involved in management."

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Amazon.com review:

"Collins explores the way good organizations can be turned into ones that produce great, sustained results. After establishing a definition of a good-to-great transition that involves a 10-year fallow period followed by 15 years of increased profits, Collins combed through every company that has made the Fortune 500 and found 11 that met these criteria. At the heart of the findings about these companies' stellar successes is what Collins calls the Hedgehog Concept, a product or service that leads a company to outshine competitors; that drives a company's economic engine and that a company is passionate about. While the companies that achieved greatness were all in different industries, each engaged in versions of Collins's strategies."

More very favourable reviews on Amazon.com.

Hardback 2001.

300 pages.

Very good condition.

The cost of shipping is $4.95.

There is of course no charge for shipping if you collect this book from my shop in Palmerston North following the auction.

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