Claudio Feser

Serial Innovators (eBook, PDF)

Firms That Change the World

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

"The average life expectancy at "birth" of a firm is roughly 15 years, and only one out of twenty lives longer than fifty years. Firms are born, they grow, then they struggle to keep up with changing markets. Slow adapters often become big losers, fall by the wayside, and die. Serial Innovators studies the factors affecting the aging of firms, particularly those that slow down their ability to adapt to changes in the marketplace. The book reviews recent findings in relevant academic fields--behavioral economics, psychology, neuroscience, organizational science, network theory, anthropology, sociology, and strategy--to understand how firms, as they grow, develop rigidities that prevent change. It develops a model of organization that is adaptive, innovative, and can create significant value for its stakeholders for long periods of time".

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Oktober 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118174067
• Artikelnr.: 38397155

Autorenporträt

CLAUDIO FESER is a Director of McKinsey & Company, where he leads the McKinsey CEO Network, a practice of the company that focuses on CEO training and coaching. Feser previously managed McKinsey offices in Switzerland and Greece. During his career, he has advised the CEOs of some of the world's largest and most renowned companies.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword ix Prologue xi Introduction xiii PART I THE EPHEMERAL NATURE OF
FIRMS CHAPTER 1 Meet Carl Berger 3 CHAPTER 2 Corporate Life Cycle 11 PART
II INDIVIDUAL RIGIDITIES CHAPTER 3 To Err Is Human 25 CHAPTER 4 The
Greatest of All Time 39 CHAPTER 5 Rewiring Brains 55 PART III
ORGANIZATIONAL RIGIDITIES CHAPTER 6 Long Live Bureaucracy! 75 CHAPTER 7 In
Brain We Trust 97 CHAPTER 8 What We Value 111 CHAPTER 9 What Not to Pay For
121 CHAPTER 10 Fast Learners 131 PART IV SERIAL INNOVATORS CHAPTER 11 The
Secrets of Serial Innovators 139 CHAPTER 12 Beyond Business: The Medici,
Oxford, and the Catholic Church 155 CHAPTER 13 Legacy through Leadership
161 Afterword 167 Appendix A: Analysis of the Top 50 U.S. Firms of 1960 171
Appendix B: Corporate Aging and Survival 177 Appendix C: Key Questions for
Transforming Your Firm 181 References 187 Acknowledgments 193 About the
Author 195 Index 197