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Title:
The search for organic growth
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006
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9780521852609

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To remain successful, companies must respond to the challenge of achieving continual internal or core growth. But how is this done, and why do some strategies work better than others? In The Search for Organic Growth, leading writers on business strategy and organization offer authoritative analysis and practical guidance on implementing a strategy for organic growth. All businesses go through life cycles, and momentum can be created in many ways from new products and market extensions, to add-ons and enhancements. The book also answers crucial questions such as how to keep customers happy during periods of change, how to foster an entrepreneurial environment and satisfy individual potentials, and how to turn the immense short-term revenue pressures of a push towards growth to your advantage. A lively resource for business school faculty, MBAs and executives, this book is ideal for any reader interested in connections between latest business thought and practice.


Table of Contents

Robert K. Kazanjian and Edward D. Hess and Robert DrazinErich R. ReinhardtEdward D. HessTom TaylorEdward D. HessWilliam F. JoyceEdward D. HessMichael A. Hitt and R. Duane Ireland and Christopher S. TuggleRita McGrathPhilip AndersonDouglas Bowman and Das NarayandasRaghu Garud and Arun Kumaraswamy and Vallabh SambamurthyChad Navis and Mary Ann Glynn and Andrew HargadonRobert Drazin and Robert K. Kazanjian and Edward D. Hess
List of figuresp. vii
List of tablesp. viii
List of contributorsp. x
Acknowledgmentsp. xii
1 The challenge of organic growthp. 1
2 Profitable growth at Siemens Medical Solutionsp. 17
3 UPS: Brown's organic growth storyp. 35
4 Execution: making growth happen at The Home Depotp. 49
5 SYSCO: how has it achieved thirty-four years of continued growth?p. 69
6 Strategic position, organic growth, and financial performancep. 85
7 Defining and measuring organic growthp. 103
8 The make or buy growth decision: strategic entrepreneurship versus acquisitionsp. 124
9 The misunderstood role of the middle manager in driving successful growth programsp. 147
10 Organic growth through internal corporate venturesp. 172
11 Linking customer management efforts to growth and profitabilityp. 192
12 Harnessing knowledge resources for increasing returns: scalable structuration at Infosys Technologiesp. 211
13 Stay tuned: knowledge brokering via inter-firm collaboration in satellite radiop. 244
14 New directions for the study of organizational growthp. 271
Indexp. 285