Why smart executives fail and what you can learn from their mistakes /
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| Author / Creator: | Finkelstein, Sydney. |
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| Imprint: | New York : Portfolio, 2003. |
| Description: | x, 321 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5642792 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments vii
- 1. Why Smart Executives Fail n 1
- What Can Studying Failure Tell You?
- Part I. Great Corporate Mistakes
- 2. New Business Breakdowns n 21
- Stories of New Ventures That Don't Work . . . and Why
- 3. Innovation and Change n 52
- Choosing Not to Cope
- 4. Mergers and Acquisitions n 77
- The Search for Synergy, the Quest for Integration
- 5. Strategy Gone Bad: Doing the Wrong Thing n 108
- Why Strategists Misread Competitors and Select "Irrational" Strategies
- Part II. The Causes Of Failure
- 6. Brilliantly Fulfilling the Wrong Vision n 137
- How Executive Mind-set Failures Push Businesses to the Brink . . . and Beyond
- 7. Delusions of a Dream Company n 166
- How Executives Avoid Facing Reality
- 8. Tracking Down the Lost Signals n 192
- Why Businesses Don't Act on Vital Information
- 9. Seven Habits of Spectacularly Unsuccessful People n 213
- The Personal Qualities of Leaders Who Preside over Major Business Failures
- Part III. Learning From Mistakes
- 10. Predicting the Future n 241
- The Early Warning Signs
- 11. How Smart Executives Learn n 267
- Living-and Surviving-in a World of Mistakes
- Notes 293
- Index 311
