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245 14 a| The self-destructive habits of good companies :b| and how to break them /c| Jagdish N. Sheth.;

246 33 a| Self-destructive habits of good companies and how to break them;

300 a| xxv, 270 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-261) and index.;

505 0 a| 1. Why do good companies go bad? : Digital ; IBM ; Intel -- 2. Denial: the cocoon of myth, ritual, and orthodoxy : Being there ; Denial of emerging technologies : Xerox: trying to copy its own success ; Denial of changing consumer tastes: A&P: retail pioneer in peril ; Denial of the new global environment: General Motors: auto giant in the (gas) tank ; The warning signs of denial -- 3. Arrogance: pride before the fall : When exceptional achievement in the past warps your perception of present reality : General Motors, Boeing ; When David conquers Goliath : Microsoft, Enron and Worldcom ; When you pioneer a product or service nobody can duplicate: Sony ; When you're smarter than the other guys : Merck, Motorola ; The warning signs of arrogance ; How to break the arrogance habit -- 4. Complacency: success breeds failure : When your past success came via a regulated monopoly : AT&T, Airlines in freefall ; When your past success was based on a distribution monopoly : De Beers: the ice king ; When you have been "chosen" for success by the government : Japan, Inc., Fiat: the European version ; When the government owns or controls the business : Air India ; The warning signs of complacency ; How to break the complacency habit -- 5. Competency dependence: the curse of incumbency : Singer Sewing Machines, Encyclopaedia Brittanica ; R&D dependence ; Design dependence : Lego ; Sales dependence : Avon ; Service dependence : Travel agents ; The warning signs of competency dependence ; How to break the habit of competency dependence -- 6. Competitive myopia: a nearsighted view of competition : The natural evolution of the industry : Firestone: when the rubber left the road ; From Zenith to Nadir ; The clustering phenomenon ; When no.1 is also the pioneer ; The opposite scenario: when no.2 chases no.1 ; The warning signs of competitive myopia ; How to break the competitive myopia habit -- 7. Volume obsession: rising costs and falling margins : The high-margin pioneer : IBM versus Lenovo ; The fast-growth phenom ; The paradox of scale ; The ball and chain of unintended obligation ; Uncle Sam's cut ; The warning signs of volume obsession ; How to break the volume obsession habit -- 8. The territorial impulse: culture conflicts and turf wars : The corporate ivory tower ; When growth requires the institution of formal policies and procedures ; When the founder's culture is subsumed within a larger corporate culture ; When a company's culture is dominated by one functional specialty: Brainy Motorola ; The warning signs of the territorial impulse ; How to break the territorial habit -- 9. The best cure is no cure at all.;

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The self-destructive habits of good companies : and how to break them / Jagdish N. Sheth.

Author/creator	Sheth, Jagdish N.
Format	Book
Publication Info	Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Wharton School Pub., ©2007.
Description	xxv, 270 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Table of contents only
Subjects	Success in business. Business failures--Case studies. Industrial management.

Other title	Self-destructive habits of good companies and how to break them
Contents	1. Why do good companies go bad? : Digital ; IBM ; Intel -- 2. Denial: the cocoon of myth, ritual, and orthodoxy : Being there ; Denial of emerging technologies : Xerox: trying to copy its own success ; Denial of changing consumer tastes: A&P: retail pioneer in peril ; Denial of the new global environment: General Motors: auto giant in the (gas) tank ; The warning signs of denial -- 3. Arrogance: pride before the fall : When exceptional achievement in the past warps your perception of present reality : General Motors, Boeing ; When David conquers Goliath : Microsoft, Enron and Worldcom ; When you pioneer a product or service nobody can duplicate: Sony ; When you're smarter than the other guys : Merck, Motorola ; The warning signs of arrogance ; How to break the arrogance habit -- 4. Complacency: success breeds failure : When your past success came via a regulated monopoly : AT&T, Airlines in freefall ; When your past success was based on a distribution monopoly : De Beers: the ice king ; When you have been "chosen" for success by the government : Japan, Inc., Fiat: the European version ; When the government owns or controls the business : Air India ; The warning signs of complacency ; How to break the complacency habit -- 5. Competency dependence: the curse of incumbency : Singer Sewing Machines, Encyclopaedia Brittanica ; R&D dependence ; Design dependence : Lego ; Sales dependence : Avon ; Service dependence : Travel agents ; The warning signs of competency dependence ; How to break the habit of competency dependence -- 6. Competitive myopia: a nearsighted view of competition : The natural evolution of the industry : Firestone: when the rubber left the road ; From Zenith to Nadir ; The clustering phenomenon ; When no.1 is also the pioneer ; The opposite scenario: when no.2 chases no.1 ; The warning signs of competitive myopia ; How to break the competitive myopia habit -- 7. Volume obsession: rising costs and falling margins : The high-margin pioneer : IBM versus Lenovo ; The fast-growth phenom ; The paradox of scale ; The ball and chain of unintended obligation ; Uncle Sam's cut ; The warning signs of volume obsession ; How to break the volume obsession habit -- 8. The territorial impulse: culture conflicts and turf wars : The corporate ivory tower ; When growth requires the institution of formal policies and procedures ; When the founder's culture is subsumed within a larger corporate culture ; When a company's culture is dominated by one functional specialty: Brainy Motorola ; The warning signs of the territorial impulse ; How to break the territorial habit -- 9. The best cure is no cure at all.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-261) and index.
LCCN	2006030441
ISBN	0131791133 (hardback : alk. paper)
ISBN	9780131791138 (hardback : alk. paper)

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