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Finding or maintaining a source of sustained and profitable growth has become the number one concern of most CEOs, and pushing the boundaries of the core business into "adjacencies" is the strategy of choice for most companies. Outlining the book's promise to provide a practical framework, using com... More

Repeatability is the essence of mastery and control, and the discovery of a repeatable formula, one of the most critical elements in the growth of a company, drives profitable growth. This chapter tackles visualizing the ideal adjacency moves, focusing on the characteristic of repeatability--a trait... More

The companies best able to pursue growth opportunities are equally aware of the need to impose rules and structure on their own decision-making process, advocating a decision process that pays particular attention to leadership economics and market control in new adjacencies, a robust profit pool, a... More

Even the most attractive growth opportunity can turn unattractive, unrealistic, or even destructive when bolted onto the wrong core business, or onto the right business at the wrong time. Building growth on a core business that is prepared to support it, and for which the new adjacency moves might e... More

The many CEOs interviewed for this book all stressed the organizational challenges of adjacency expansion. Based primarily on case examples and direct comments from senior executives who have grappled with these organizational concerns, this chapter examines issues related to the execution of adjace... More

The primary reason that companies die or tumble into extended periods of value destruction is not because their market suddenly disappears or becomes uniformly unprofitable. Rather, it is because those companies failed to adapt, failed to redefine their core, and were overtaken by competitors. This ... More

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All companies must grow to survive--but only one in five growth strategies succeeds. In Profit from the Core, strategy expert Chris Zook revealed how to grow profitably by focusing on and achieving full potential in the core business. But what happens when your core business provides insufficient ne... More

Over the next decade, two out of every three companies will face the challenge of their corporate lives: redefining their core business. <P><P>Buffeted by global competition and facing an uncertain future, more and more executives will realize that they must make fundamental changes in their core ev... More

This highly topical and authoritative history examines the changing fortunes of the Liberals from the landslide victory of 1906, through the divisions and decline of the interwar years, to the repeated revivals in the forty years after Orpington in 1962. This concise survey examines not only the el... More

Doing more with less is a skill mastered by entrepreneurs. Budgets are tight, deadlines are short, and time is of the essence. Entrepreneurial project managers use these parameters to their benefit. Hurdling over obstacles with the bare minimum of effort makes their projects and teams stand out. Foc... More

This new publication, a sister volume to the highly-acclaimed Routledge Guide to British Political Archives, provides a wide-ranging survey of the non-governmental archive sources for historians of post-war Europe. It provides, within a single volume, a rich treasure trove of resources drawn from th... More

This major new reference work provides an authoritative and wide-ranging guide to archive sources now becoming available for British political history since 1945. With a user-friendly layout, the book presents a comprehensive range of 1,500 personal papers from leading statesmen, backbench politici... More

The Routledge Companion to Christian History is an indispensable aid for anyone seeking comprehensive coverage of the facts in clear, concise and easy to use language. It covers: all key events in the Christian calendar from the persecution of the Roman Empire to the fall of Communism and the ris... More

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The Routledge Companion to Britain in the Nineteenth Century, 1815–1914 is an accessible and indispensable compendium of essential information on the Victorian and Edwardian eras. Using chronologies, maps, glossaries, an extensive bibliography, a wealth of statistical information and nearly two hun... More

Three Principles for Managing-and Avoiding-the Problems of GrowthWhy is profitable growth so hard to achieve and sustain? Most executives manage their companies as if the solution to that problem lies in the external environment: find an attractive market, formulate the right strategy, win new custo... More

International bestseller Profit from the Core was originally published in 2001 and helped many companies find their way back to profitable growth after the Internet bubble burst. Now, the fully updated edition points the way forward in today's economy with new examples and data that demonstrate how ... More

International bestseller Profit from the Core was originally published in 2001 and helped many companies find their way back to profitable growth after the Internet bubble burst. Now, the fully updated edition points the way forward in today's economy with new examples and data that demonstrate how ... More

International bestseller Profit from the Core was originally published in 2001 and helped many companies find their way back to profitable growth after the Internet bubble burst. Now, the fully updated edition points the way forward in today's economy with new examples and data that demonstrate how ... More

International bestseller Profit from the Core was originally published in 2001 and helped many companies find their way back to profitable growth after the Internet bubble burst. Now, the fully updated edition points the way forward in today's economy with new examples and data that demonstrate how ... More

International bestseller Profit from the Core was originally published in 2001 and helped many companies find their way back to profitable growth after the Internet bubble burst. Now, the fully updated edition points the way forward in today's economy with new examples and data that demonstrate how ... More

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