Why Firms Succeed
Contents:
50 Reasons Why Some Businesses Fail While Others Succeed
Kay, using specific examples of success and failure in the American market, identifies and discusses four key ingredients to achieving this success: The Financial Times hailed it as "a powerfully argued book, which casts a fresh light on a range of practical business challenges. Kay is currently the best management theorist in Britain, bar none He is a rare find. In this freshly revised volume, Kay applies his groundbreaking theories to the U.
For too long, he writes, managers have chased after the latest fad in business planning and strategy, beguiled by military analogies and the demand for overarching vision.
When John Kay's Foundations of Corporate Success first appeared in the U.K., it commanded the attention of the corporate world--and drew widespread praise. Editorial Reviews. From Booklist. Kay is a professor of economics at the London Business Why Firms Succeed - Kindle edition by John Kay. Download it once.
Success, he believes, should not be measured by organizational size or market share, but by the added value--the amount that output exceeds the input of raw materials, payroll, and capital. Corporate strategy should be aimed at this basic goal, beginning with the question, "How can we be different?
Success comes not when managers drive through a towering vision of the company's destiny, but when they act on their organization's specific capabilities and advantages--especially in the key area of architecture. Honda, he notes, captured a third of the American motorcycle market within five years.
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No vision was required for this success, he writes: Honda simply did what it did best making a simple, inexpensive product , followed by careful attention to the architecture of its business ties to distributors, customers, etc. He ranges through industries from airlines to retail clothing, pointing out the reasons for successes and failures.
But those 60 data points paint a revealing picture of flaws in law firm partnerships as a business model and invite a new approach to law firm management. This study is not an autopsy of failure, but a prescription for success. Sanjay Bakshi added it Jul 14, I recommend you read Failing Forward: It is impossible to have a broad strategy on a startup budget.
Kay also draws on game theory to underscore the importance of stable, long-term relationships. Other writers have hit upon some of these points, the Financial Times noted: To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up.
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