"Built to Last (Collector's Edition)" shatters old myths, offers fresh insights, and provides practical guidance for entrepreneurs interested in building great companies that will stand the test of time. How to build a great and lasting company? Thoughtful people are already tired of fleeting management concepts like "annual buzzwords" and they are eager for management ideas that can withstand the test of time.
During a six-year research project at Stanford University, Collins and Bolles selected 18 outstanding and long-lasting companies for in-depth research. These companies include General Electric, 3M, Merck, Wal-Mart, HP, Disney, etc., With an average history of nearly a century. What makes these companies different from their competitors? What magic weapon do they have that other companies don't have?
The author of "Built to Last (Collector's Edition)" goes beyond the endless technical terminology, refuses to chase fashion, and discovers the eternal qualities that make outstanding companies stand out. The book contains hundreds of concrete examples and provides practical strategies that can be applied to managers and entrepreneurs at all levels. Built to Last provides a grand blueprint for building long-term, prosperous organizations in the 21st century.
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How do great companies grow step by step? How did they overcome difficulties one after another in the business process and make themselves stronger? Do those successful enterprises and companies have experiences and learning results that can be replicated? Why can excellent companies last for a long time? The author provides some answers to these questions in the book. He interviewed 18 of the world's great companies and learned about the development processes of these companies and the difficulties they solved, helping us better understand the development process of enterprises.
This is a book on economics and management that has been on the best-seller list of Business Week for more than ten years and is recommended by many company CEOs. The style of the entire book is very rigorous but not condescending. Behind every point the author makes, there are examples to supplement the explanation. The author proposes to dispel the "12 myths", which means to correct some of people's worldly thoughts. The author has a particularly profound understanding of the concepts of "clock makers" and "time tellers". Time tellers refer to good products, while clock makers refer to good mechanisms. For a company to be passed on, it needs to evolve from a product to a mechanism. This is one of the key points of an everlasting business.
The core idea of evolution, Darwin's greatest insight, is that species evolve through blind variation and the process of natural selection. Well-adapted species do not originate from instincts specially given and created by God, but from the many small influences of a universal law that cause the evolution of all living things, that is, proliferation and change, allowing the strongest to survive and the weakest to die. This evolutionary thinking also affects business. This book explores the essence of the "long-term survival" of enterprises, especially the part of the argument from the perspective of evolution is very exciting. It is a very enlightening business book. Develop your core concepts and core capabilities. For example: "Honesty and integrity" is your core concept, and "Essential thinking" is your core capability.
This book is very interesting! Many of the points it mentioned resonated with me. For example, the book said that a great company needs to have a pursuit beyond profit. This reminded me of a company I once worked for. They really paid attention to corporate culture and social responsibility. Also, I particularly hate characters who only pursue short-term profits. This book tells us that in order to build a long-term company, we need to have a long-term vision. I think this book is not just for CEOs and entrepreneurs, but for everyone interested in management.
How can a company survive for hundreds of years? Is the management model of modern society applicable to every enterprise? If you have any questions, you might as well read this book "Built to Last (Collector's Edition)". This is an old book published more than ten years ago. The management concepts in it still seem to be very novel today. This is a book recommended by many CEOs of emerging companies. The pace of the whole book is fast, and the examples are presented one after another. The author's views are like waves one after another. It is recommended that when reading this book, you can slow down the pace and understand a concept before continuing to read, so that you can understand more thoroughly. Overall, this is a good book about business management and worth recommending!
As the saying goes, it is easier to build a country than to keep it. Only those who can hold on to the country they have won are truly capable. This Built to Last breaks the old views, provides new insights, and provides very meaningful practical guidance for those who have won a country and need to keep it. It also provides guidance for entrepreneurs who have built great companies that can withstand the test of time. Here, they combine themselves with their enterprises through some actual cases. Many entrepreneurs have benefited greatly.
A very good book,
Be a clockmaker and establish core concepts!
Seek truth from facts and explain scientifically! Food for thought.
How do great companies grow step by step? How did they overcome difficulties one after another in the business process and make themselves stronger? Do those successful enterprises and companies have experiences and learning results that can be replicated? Why can excellent companies last for a long time? The author provides some answers to these questions in the book. He interviewed 18 of the world's great companies and learned about the development processes of these companies and the difficulties they solved, helping us better understand the development process of enterprises.
This is a book on economics and management that has been on the best-seller list of Business Week for more than ten years and is recommended by many company CEOs. The style of the entire book is very rigorous but not condescending. Behind every point the author makes, there are examples to supplement the explanation. The author proposes to dispel the "12 myths", which means to correct some of people's worldly thoughts. The author has a particularly profound understanding of the concepts of "clock makers" and "time tellers". Time tellers refer to good products, while clock makers refer to good mechanisms. For a company to be passed on, it needs to evolve from a product to a mechanism. This is one of the key points of an everlasting business.
The core idea of evolution, Darwin's greatest insight, is that species evolve through blind variation and the process of natural selection. Well-adapted species do not originate from instincts specially given and created by God, but from the many small influences of a universal law that cause the evolution of all living things, that is, proliferation and change, allowing the strongest to survive and the weakest to die. This evolutionary thinking also affects business. This book explores the essence of the "long-term survival" of enterprises, especially the part of the argument from the perspective of evolution is very exciting. It is a very enlightening business book. Develop your core concepts and core capabilities. For example: "Honesty and integrity" is your core concept, and "Essential thinking" is your core capability.
This book is very interesting! Many of the points it mentioned resonated with me. For example, the book said that a great company needs to have a pursuit beyond profit. This reminded me of a company I once worked for. They really paid attention to corporate culture and social responsibility. Also, I particularly hate characters who only pursue short-term profits. This book tells us that in order to build a long-term company, we need to have a long-term vision. I think this book is not just for CEOs and entrepreneurs, but for everyone interested in management.
How can a company survive for hundreds of years? Is the management model of modern society applicable to every enterprise? If you have any questions, you might as well read this book "Built to Last (Collector's Edition)". This is an old book published more than ten years ago. The management concepts in it still seem to be very novel today. This is a book recommended by many CEOs of emerging companies. The pace of the whole book is fast, and the examples are presented one after another. The author's views are like waves one after another. It is recommended that when reading this book, you can slow down the pace and understand a concept before continuing to read, so that you can understand more thoroughly. Overall, this is a good book about business management and worth recommending!
As the saying goes, it is easier to build a country than to keep it. Only those who can hold on to the country they have won are truly capable. This Built to Last breaks the old views, provides new insights, and provides very meaningful practical guidance for those who have won a country and need to keep it. It also provides guidance for entrepreneurs who have built great companies that can withstand the test of time. Here, they combine themselves with their enterprises through some actual cases. Many entrepreneurs have benefited greatly.
A very good book,
Be a clockmaker and establish core concepts!
Seek truth from facts and explain scientifically! Food for thought.