Can a good company become a great one and, if so, how? After a five-year research project, the author concludes that good to great can and does happen. Here, he uncovers the underlying variables that enable any type of organization to make the leap from good to great while other organizations remain only good.

In this text, the author outlines his scenaric approach to developing a strategic vision for businesses, drawing on work done for institutions and companies such as the White House, EPA and the International Stock Exchange.

Challenges what you thought you knew about competing in the crowded market place. Based on a study of 150 strategic moves spanning more than a hundred years and thirty industries, the authors argue that lasting success comes from creating 'blue oceans': untapped new market spaces ripe from growth.

This third edition shows leaders how to use strategic planning to strengthen their organizations and outlines the reasons public and nonprofit organizations must embrace strategic planning to improve their performance.

Provides the management system for companies to invest in the long term - in customers, in employees, in product development, and in systems - rather than managing the bottom line to pump up short-term earnings. This title attempts to change the way you measure and manage your business.

Takes readers to the next level of precision in strategy implementation. This title offers a visual cause-and-effect explanation of what's working and what doesn't in a way that everyone in the company can understand. It helps get the organization involved in strategy.

An account of global business domination that reveals the thinking processes and planning techniques of prominent companies, showing why they work, and how any company can benefit from them. This book uses case studies of strategic thinking in action.

In this definitive and revealing history, Henry Mintzberg unmasks the process that has mesmerised so many organisations since 1965: strategic planning.

Urging you to put a Purple Cow into everything you build, and everything you do, to create something truly noticeable, this book is a manifesto for anyone who wants to help create products and services that are worth marketing in the first place.

Michael E. Porter shows how competitive advantage can be defined in terms of relative cost and relative prices, thus linking it directly to profitability, and presents a whole new perspective on how profit is created and divided.

Surviving isn't enough. Companies want to excel, and in order to do this they need to continually destroy and rebuild parts of their business. This is creative destruction. * Harvard Business Review - Top 10 Book of 2001 *

Delivers the fundamental information professionals need to stay competitive in this world. This text is for readers who need to stay informed on the rules and evolving ideas that are shaping corporate strategies.

A strategic guide for leaders in industries based on a ten-year study of 2,000 companies. It gives an analysis of what drives successful growth strategies, consisting of specific company examples, financial performance histories, industry case studies, and interviews with CEOs. It is written by leaders of Bain's worldwide strategy practice.

Helps readers turn their competitors' strength to their advantage. This book provides an analysis of leading companies' judo strategies through case studies of Palm Computing, RealNetworks, and CNET Networks. A section at the end of the book offers the principles of judo strategy that readers can apply to their own business situations.

Explains how businesses can strengthen their bottom line by partnering with non-profit causes. It offers detailed advice and how-to guidance for both non-profits and businesses on how to find collaboration partners, design collaboration agreements, and manage collaborations for success.

This is an updated revision of the fifth edition book on strategic planning, instructing managers on methods of company analysis and external analysis, that make possible the creation and implementation of strategies for growth, diversification, differentiation and global expansion.

In this volume, Hax and Wilde examine how globalization, deregulation and the emergence of the internet infrastructure have changed the rules for success. They identify three distinct strategic positions that can be used to realign the direction of your business.

Drawing from more than twenty case studies, this book illustrates how Balanced Scorecard adopters have taken their tool to the next level. It provides an account of how a range of organizations in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors have deployed these principles to achieve breakthrough, sustainable performance improvements.

A Radically Simplified Approach to Business Strategy.

Porter's value chain enables managers to isolate the underlying sources of buyer value that will command a premium price, and the reasons why one product or service substitutes for another. He shows how competitive advantage lies in activities and in the way they relate to each other, to supplier activities, and to customer activities.