Much of the strategic literature over the past 10 years has urged companies to build their futures on a foundation of core capabilities. But leading high‐technology companies have either ignored the advice or never paid attention to it in the first place. Technology leaders have seen too many...

Accelerate your company's growth in a disciplined fashion. This book provides leaders of large and small companies a proven comprehensive framework to think systematically about growth options and to yield practical strategies that produce faster growth. Drawing insights from case studies of...

Part 1: Exploring Strategic Mindset by Industry -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Consumer Electronics -- Chapter 3: Video Entertainment -- Chapter 4: Newspapers -- Chapter 5: Groceries -- Chapter 6: Furniture -- Chapter 7: Logistics -- Part 2: Implications for Leaders -- Chapter 8:...

Know how your company can accelerate growth by not only tapping into new growth vectors, but also by adapting its organization, culture, and processes. To oversee growth from an idea to a company with billions in revenue, CEOs must reinvent many aspects of their company in anticipation of it...

Chapter 1: The Startup Common -- Part 1: Exploring the Startup Common -- Chapter 2: Creating Pillar Companies -- Chapter 3: Launching Startups from Universities -- Chapter 4: Deepening the Human Capital Pool -- Chapter 5: Sourcing Investment Capital -- Chapter 6: Building Mentor Networks --...