How the Mighty Fall
Subtitle: And Why Some Companies Never Give In
By: Jim Collins.
Publisher: Jim Collins; Distributed in the U.S. and Canada exclusively by HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9780977326419
Subjects: Business failures; Success in business; Organizational change; Management
Description: Discusses signs pointing toward the decline of a business, how far the decline can proceed before failure becomes inevitable, and crucial steps companies can take to reverse course.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-211) and index.
Table of contents: title: The silent creep of impending doom; title: Five stages of decline; title: Stage 1: Hubris born of success; title: Stage 2: Undisciplined pursuit of more; title: Stage 3: Denial of risk and peril; title: Stage 4: Grasping for salvation; title: Stage 5: Capitulation to irrelevance or death; title: Well-founded hope.