Enduring success : what top companies do differently / Frank Bailom, Kurt Matzler and Dieter Tschemernjak ; translated by Matthew Stevenson and Annette Joyce.
| Author/creator | Bailom, Franz |
| Other author | Matzler, Kurt. |
| Other author | Tschemernjak, Dieter. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. |
| Description | x, 204 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Was Top-Unternehmen anders machen. English |
| Portion of title | What top companies do differently |
| Contents | In search of the secrets of success -- The customer-value competition is pushing many companies to the limit of their possibilities -- Changing market dynamics: the profitability of many companies is increasingly at risk -- Success of the optimisers in the customer-value competition -- The innovators' success in the customer-value competition -- Summary conclusions to phase 1 -- The IMP model: the strategies of winners -- The IMP model -- The result: explaining 50 per cent of corporate success is a lot, but at the same time not to much -- Core findings -- What makes top performers different -- Top performers never settle for today's success -- The most senior executives are themselves the innovation drivers in the company -- Top performers succeed in combining forward-looking market knowledge with sustained competence management -- Top performers show an impressive understanding of innovation -- Top performers rely more on uniqueness than on market share -- Top performers put strong emphasis on culture development -- Market orientation: understanding markets, shaping the future -- Sourcing market knowledge: the new sources of innovation -- From simple to complex markets: understanding the rules of the game -- The new role of market research -- The sales determine the course, not the wind -- The market-based view versus the resource-based view -- The sources of core competences -- Managing core competences -- Corporate culture: the latent potential -- Values and identity as a basis for commitment -- The entrepreneurship culture -- Innovation: improving existing things, creating new things -- Delighting customers with something new -- Cost competition: redesigning processes -- Gearing processes towards the customer -- Developing new business models -- Top management: the architects of success -- Leadership, innovation, and change -- The ability to be lucky -- What do top companies do differently -- The insights of great leaders -- Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, Chairman and CEO, Nestlé SA, Vevey, Switzerland -- Markus Langes-Swarovski, Member of the Executive board, Swarovski -- Prof. Dr Michael Popp and Dr Uwe Baumann, Bionorica AG -- Stefan Pierer, CEO, KTM Sportmotorcycle AG -- René Obermann, CEO, Deutsche Telekom -- Prof. Dr Michael Mirow, former head of strategic planning, Siemens AG -- Peter Lorange, President of IMD Business School, Lausanne -- Hans-Joachim Reck, Partner, Heidrick & Struggles, Germany. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-201) and index. |
| LCCN | 2007025504 |
| ISBN | 0230550649 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780230550643 (alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | HF5386 .B2276 2007 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |