High growth companies : driving the tiger /

"Managing high growth companies can be likened to driving a tiger - tough to learn but worth persevering with because by stopping you risk getting eaten! 'Tiger' companies, those that grow their sales annually by more then 25 per cent, require a certain kind of management. Companies t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ahrens, Thomas, 1949-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Brookfield, Vt., USA : Gower, c1999
Edition:2nd ed
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Table of Contents:
  • 1 cast of companies
  • 2. Myths of rapid growth
  • Pt. 1. Driving the tiger strategies
  • 3. time monopoly
  • 4. Strategies for creating market
  • 5. 'Product flower' strategy
  • 6. Flexible capacity strategy
  • 7. Financial strategy
  • 8. Long-term expansion strategy
  • Pt. 2. tent organization
  • 9. How to maintain control
  • 10. How to structure the organization
  • 11. How to plan and allocate resources
  • 12. How to get the best from the management team
  • 13. How to choose and motivate employees
  • Pt. 3. tiger in your zoo?
  • 14. How do you cope with a rapid growth cuckoo in the nest?
  • Pt. 4. Rapid growth for ever?
  • 15. Rapid growth plateaus and problems.