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And if so, what are the universal distinguishing characteristics that cause a company to go from good to great?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Standards\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Using tough benchmarks, Collins and his research team identified a set of elite companies that made the leap to great results and sustained those results for at least fifteen years. How great? After the leap, the good-to-great companies generated cumulative stock returns that beat the general stock market by an average of seven times in fifteen years, better than twice the results delivered by a composite index of the world's greatest companies, including Coca-Cola, Intel, General Electric, and Merck.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Comparisons\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The research team contrasted the good-to-great companies with a carefully selected set of comparison companies that failed to make the leap from good to great. What was different? Why did one set of companies become truly great performers while the other set remained only good?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOver five years, the team analyzed the histories of all twenty-eight companies in the study. After sifting through mountains of data and thousands of pages of interviews, Collins and his crew discovered the key determinants of greatness -- why some companies make the leap and others don't.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Findings\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The findings of the Good to Great study will surprise many readers and shed light on virtually every area of management strategy and practice. The findings include:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eLevel 5 Leaders: The research team was shocked to discover the type of leadership required to achieve greatness.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Hedgehog Concept (Simplicity within the Three Circles): To go from good to great requires transcending the curse of competence.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA Culture of Discipline: When you combine a culture of discipline with an ethic of entrepreneurship, you get the magical alchemy of great results. Technology Accelerators: Good-to-great companies think differently about the role of technology.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Flywheel and the Doom Loop: Those who launch radical change programs and wrenching restructurings will almost certainly fail to make the leap.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Some of the key concepts discerned in the study,\" comments Jim Collins, \"fly in the face of our modern business culture and will, quite frankly, upset some people.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePerhaps, but who can afford to ignore these findings?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49503606538513,"sku":"CIN0066620996VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49503966691601,"sku":"GOR001308630","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":49506997403921,"sku":"CIN0066620996A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49507066315025,"sku":"CIN0066620996G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49560413798673,"sku":"GOR001597270","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49675482366225,"sku":"GOR008351182","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49936851108113,"sku":"GOR005194551","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ LIKE_NEW \/ SBYB","offer_id":50487638294801,"sku":"CIN0066620996LN","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":50983259046161,"sku":"NIN9780066620992","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0066620996.jpg?v=1751257668"},{"product_id":"built-to-last-book-james-c-collins-9780060516406","title":"Built to Last","description":"\u003cp\u003eFundamentally altering the way executives think about long-term success, Built to Last has become a bible among CEOs and managers at prestigious corporations the world over. 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