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Koch exceeds the S\u0026amp;P 500's five-decade growth by 27-fold and plans to double its value on average every six years. \u003cbr\u003e What exactly does this company do and why is it so remarkably profitable? Koch's name may not be on your stain-resistant carpet, stretch denim jeans, the connectors in your smart phone, or your baby's ultra-absorbent diapers but it makes them all. And Koch's Market-Based Management(R) system is what drives these innovations and many more. \u003cbr\u003e Based on five decades of interdisciplinary studies, experimental discovery, and practical implementation across Koch businesses worldwide, the core objective of MBM is to generate \u003ci\u003egood\u003c\/i\u003e profit. Good profit results from products and services that customers vote for freely with their dollars, products that improve people's lives. 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Charles Koch has a lot of pelts. He has built Koch Industries into the world's largest privately held company, and this book is an insider's guide to how he did it. Koch has studied how markets work for decades, and his commitment to pass that knowledge on will inspire entrepreneurs for generations to come.\" -T. Boone Pickens \"A must-read for entrepreneurs and corporate executives that is also applicable to the wider world. MBM is an invaluable tool for engendering excellence for all groups, from families to nonprofit entities. Government leaders could avoid policy failures by heeding the science of human behavior.\" -Richard L. Sharp, Chairman, CarMax \"My father, Sam Walton, stressed the importance of fundamental principles-such as humility, integrity, respect, and creating value-that are the foundation for success. No one makes a better case for these principles than Charles Koch.\" -Rob Walton, Chairman, Wal-Mart \"What accounts for Koch Industries' spectacular success? Charles Koch calls it Market-Based Management: a vision that nurtures personal qualities of humility and integrity that build trust and the confidence to enhance future success through learning from failure, and a culture of thinking in terms of opportunity cost and comparative advantage for all employees.\" -Vernon Smith, 2002 Nobel laureate in economics \"In a very thoughtful, creative, and understandable way, Charles Koch explains how he has used the science of human behavior to create a culture that has produced one of the world's largest and most successful private companies. A must-read for anyone interested in creating value.\" -William B. 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