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Great by Choice : Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck
Why Some Thrive Despite Them All
By: Jim Collins, Morten T. Hansen
eBook | 13 October 2011
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Ten years after the worldwide bestseller Good to Great, Jim Collins returns with another groundbreaking work, this time to ask: why do some companies thrive in uncertainty, even chaos, and others do not?
Based on nine years of research,buttressed by rigorous analysis and infused with engaging stories, Collins and his colleague Morten Hansen enumerate the principles for building a truly great enterprise in unpredictable, tumultuous and fast-moving times.
This book is classic Collins: contrarian, data-driven and uplifting.
About the Authors
Jim Collins is a student and teacher of what makes great companies tick, and a Socratic advisor to leaders in the business and social sectors. Having invested more than a quarter-century in rigorous research, he has authored or coauthored six books that have sold in total more than 10 million copies worldwide. They include Good to Great, Built to Last, How the Mighty Fall, and Great by Choice.
Morten T. Hansen is a management professor at the University of California, Berkeley (School of Information), and at INSEAD. Formerly a professor at Harvard Business School, Morten holds a PhD from Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he was a Fulbright scholar. He is the author of Collaboration and the winner of the Administrative Science Quarterly Award for exceptional contributions to the field of organization studies. Previously a manager with the Boston Consulting Group, Morten consults and gives talks for companies worldwide.
Industry Reviews
"Entrepreneurs and business leaders may find the concepts in this book useful for making choices to increase their odds of building a great company."
Booklist
"Collins and Hansen draw some interesting and counterintuitive conclusions from their research....far from a dry work of social science. Mr. Collins has a way with words, not least with metaphor."
Wall Street Journal
"A sensible, well-timed and precisely targeted message for companies shaken by macroeconomic crises"
Financial Times
Booklist
"Collins and Hansen draw some interesting and counterintuitive conclusions from their research....far from a dry work of social science. Mr. Collins has a way with words, not least with metaphor."
Wall Street Journal
"A sensible, well-timed and precisely targeted message for companies shaken by macroeconomic crises"
Financial Times
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ISBN: 9781446494585
ISBN-10: 1446494586
Published: 13th October 2011
Format: ePUB
Language: English
Number of Pages: 320
Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publisher: Random House
