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How the mighty fall : and why some companies never give in /

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In How the Mighty Fall, Collins confronts these questions, offering leaders the well-founded hope that they can learn how to stave off decline and, if they find themselves falling, reverse their course. Collins' research project--more than four years in duration--uncovered five step-wise stages...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Collins, James C. (James Charles), 1958-
Corporate Author: Harper Audio (Firm)
Format: CD Audio Book
Language:English
Published: [New York] : Harper Audio, [2009]
Edition:Unabridged.
Subjects:
Business failures.
Success in business.
Organizational change.
Management.
Table of Contents:
  • The silent creep of impending doom
  • Five stages of decline
  • Stage 1: Hubris born of success
  • Stage 2: Undisciplined pursuit of more
  • Stage 3: Denial of risk and peril
  • Stage 4: Grasping for salvation
  • Stage 5: Capitulation to irrelevance or death
  • Well-founded hope.