Harvard Business Review Essentials Series -- Corporate Growth Strategy

Author: Zhao Xijun et al
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Publish Date: 2004-10-01
Features: Harvard Business Review is the iconic magazine of Harvard Business School, founded in 1922. As one of the authoritative journals in the field of management theory and practice, Harvard Business Review has always been committed to discovering and disseminating cutting-edge theories, perspectives, and methods in the field of business administration, helping managers continuously update their concepts, broaden their horizons, adapt to changes, and keep pace with the times. Harvard Business Review is widely recognized by readers as one of the "most authoritative, thought-provoking, valuable, and unique" journals in the international management field. Those who manage businesses well know that managing a company is not an easy task. How many companies have escaped one disaster after another through the wisdom of their entrepreneurs to become evergreen trees in the business world? So, are the problems faced by companies truly market-related? Employee-related? Cost, profit, and capital-related? Product development-related? Shareholder pressure-related? Yes, but not entirely. At a deeper level, the problems companies face are survival and development issues. Why can some companies endure hardships and thrive for hundreds of years, while the lifespan of most companies does not exceed 20 years? Why can some companies stand out in competition, rising from obscurity to global prominence, while others, once leaders, become intractable problems? The key lies in the growth strategy chosen by companies during their development process. A sound growth strategy can not only enable ordinary companies to achieve extraordinary development but also help struggling companies rise from the brink. On the other hand, an unreasonable growth strategy may likely lead healthy companies to decline and ordinary companies to get stuck in a rut. This book, Corporate Growth Strategy, edited by Harvard Business School Press, tells readers story after story of companies' successful and failed growth strategy choices through presenting facts and explaining principles, while also providing a detailed analysis of the underlying truths behind these stories. It is thought-provoking and enlightening. After implementing somewhat ineffective downsizing and restructuring efforts, growth has gradually become a new strategy for companies to generate profits and increase stock value. This book proposes a series of new strategies for discovering corporate growth opportunities in competition, such as how to identify merger opportunities, how to pursue diversification, and how to stimulate innovation. The papers selected in this book are highly authoritative and represent the best and most up-to-date works on corporate growth trend theory to date, helping you seize every development opportunity around you. Main Content:
· Breaking the Mold: Seeking Growth Opportunities
· Value Innovation: The Strategic Concept of Rapid Growth
· Growth Through Mergers: A Fresh Perspective
· Should You Diversify?
· Vital Companies
· Making Deals Real: How GE Capital Services Completed Its Mergers
· Capturing the Value of Value-Added Services
· Developing the Virtual Value Chain