TY  - BOOK
AU  - Collins,James C.
AU  - Hansen,Morten T.
TI  - Great by choice: uncertainty, chaos, and luck-- why some thrive despite them all 
SN  - 9780062120991 (hardcover)
AV  - HF5386 .C584 2011
PY  - 2011///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - HarperBusiness
KW  - Success in business
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Creative ability in business
KW  - Technological innovations
KW  - Management
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-293) and index; Thriving in uncertainty -- 10xers -- 20 Mile march -- Fire bullets, then cannonballs -- Leading above the death line -- SMaC -- Return on luck -- Epilogue: great by choice -- Frequently asked questions
N2  - "Great by Choice" distinguishes itself from Collins's prior work by its focus not just on performance, but also on the type of unstable environments faced by leaders today. With a team of more than twenty researchers, Collins and Hansen studied companies that rose to greatness--beating their industry indexes by a minimum of ten times over fifteen years--in environments characterized by big forces and rapid shifts that leaders could not predict or control. The research team then contrasted these "10X companies" to a carefully selected set of comparison companies that failed to achieve greatness in similarly extreme environments
ER  -