01470nam a22001937a 4500003000400000005001700004008004100021020001800062040003000080082001700110100002500127245007700152250002900229260004800258300003500306490001800341500061800359501029900977KCU20241015111152.0241015b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9781844135844  aKCUbengcKCUdKCUeAACR2  223a658bCOL  aCollins, JimeAuthor  aBuilt to Last :bSuccessful Habits of Visionary Companies /cJim Collins  a10th Anniversary Edition  aLondon;bRandom House Business Booksc2005.  axxvi, 342 p. :bill. ;c25 cm.  3Good to Great  aDrawing upon a six-year research project at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, James C. Collins and Jerry I. Porras took 18 truly exceptional and long-lasting companies and studied each in direct comparison to one of its top competitors. They examined the companies from their very beginnings to the present day - as start-ups, as midsize companies, and as large corporations. Throughout, the authors asked: "What makes the truly exceptional companies different from the comparison companies and what were the common practices these enduringly great companies followed throughout their history?"  aFilled with hundreds of specific examples and organized into a coherent framework of practical concepts that can be applied by managers and entrepreneurs at all levels, Built to Last provides a master blueprint for building organizations that will prosper long into the 21st century and beyond.