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Title The search for organic growth / edited by Edward D. Hess and Robert K. Kazanjian
Published Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 295 pages) : illustrations
Contents The challenge of organic growth / Robert K. Kazanjian, Edward D. Hess, Robert Drazin -- Profitable growth at Siemens Medical Solutions / Erich D. Hess -- UPS : Brown's organic growth story / Edward D. Hess -- Execution : making growth happen at The Home Depot / Tom Taylor -- SYSCO : how has it achieved thrity-four years of continued growth? / Edward D. Hess -- Strategic position, organic growth, and financial performance / William F. Joyce -- Defining and measuring organic growth / Edward D. Hess -- The make or buy growth decision : strategic entrepreneurship versus acquisitions / Michael A. Hitt, R. Duane Ireland, Christopher S. Tuggle -- The misunderstood role of the middle manager in driving successful growth programs / Rita McGrath -- Organic growth through internal corporate ventures / Philip Anderson -- Linking customer management efforts to growth and profitability / Douglas Bowman and Das Narayandas -- Harnessing knowledge resources for increasing returns : scalable structuration at Infosys Technologies / Raghu Garud, Arun Kumaraswamy, Vallabh Sambamurthy -- Stay tuned : knowledge brokering via inter-firm collaboration in satellite radio / Chad Navis, MaryAnn Glynn, Andrew Hargadon -- New directions for the study of organizational growth / Robert Drazin, Robert K. Kazanjian, Edward D. Hess
Summary 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? Leading writers on business strategy and organization offer authoritative analysis and practical guidance on implementing a strategy for organic growth
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Corporations -- Growth.
Business planning.
Organizational change -- Management
Organizational change.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Structural Adjustment.
Business planning
Corporations -- Growth
Organizational change -- Management
Form Electronic book
Author Hess, Edward D.
Kazanjian, Robert K.
LC no. 2006299911
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