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Are "Great" Companies Just Lucky (Spanish version)
Raynor, Michael E.; Ahmed, Mumtaz; Henderson, Andrew D.Article HBS-F0904AStrategyStudies that examine high-performing companies to unearth the secrets of their success have a critical flaw: Very few of those companies are truly remarkable. Data analysis reveals that most owe their success to luck, not smart practices. That puts the prescriptions of success studies in a whole new light.Starting at €8.20
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Are "Great" Companies Just Lucky
Raynor, Michael E.; Ahmed, Mumtaz; Henderson, Andrew D.Article HBS-F0904A-EStrategyStudies that examine high-performing companies to unearth the secrets of their success have a critical flaw: Very few of those companies are truly remarkable. Data analysis reveals that most owe their success to luck, not smart practices. That puts the prescriptions of success studies in a whole new light.Starting at €8.20
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Three Rules for Making a Company Truly Great
Raynor, Michael E.; Ahmed, MumtazArticle HBS-R1304J-EStrategyMuch of the strategy and management advice that business leaders turn to is unreliable or impractical, say the authors, because those who would guide us underestimate the power of chance. Raynor and Ahmed undertook a statistical study of 25,000 companies--those that had traded on U.S. stock exchanges at any time from 1966 to 2010. They measured performance according to return on assets--a metric, they reasoned, that reliably reflects managerial e...Starting at €8.20