Focus The Future of Your Company Depends on It

Name: Focus The Future of Your Company Depends on It
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ISBN: 9780060799908

ISBN-10: 0060799900

ISBN-13: 9780060799908

Edition: 2005

Authors: Al Ries

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What's the secret to a company's continued growth and prosperity? Internationally known marketing expert Al Ries has the answer: focus. His commonsense approach to business management is founded on the premise that long-lasting success depends on focusing on core products and eschewing the temptation to diversify into unrelated enterprises. Using real-world examples, Ries shows that in industry after industry, it is the companies that resist diversification, and focus instead on owning a category in consumers' minds, that dominate their markets. He offers solid guidance on how to get focused and how to stay focused, laying out a workable blueprint for any company's evolution that will…

Book details

List price: $16.99
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 9/27/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.00" wide x 8.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.352
Language: English



Preface


Introduction


The Unfocusing of Corporate America


The Driving Force of Globalization


The Driving Force of Division


Encouraging Signs from the Corporate Front


Encouraging Signs from the Retail Front


A Tale of Two Colas


The Quality Axiom


Finding Your Word


Narrowing Your Scope


Coping with Change


Divide and Conquer


Building a Multistep Focus


Disciplining a Dinosaur


Crossing the Trench


Fifteen Keys to a Long-Term Focus


Index