Collins, James C.  1958- <br/><br/>
How the mighty fall :  and why some companies never give in / 
Jim Collins. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York :  Jim Collins :  Distributed in the U.S. and Canada exclusively by HarperCollins Publishers,  c2009. 
 - xiv, 222 p. :  ill. ;  21 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-211) and index. 
<br/><br/>The silent creep of impending doom -- Five stages of decline -- Stage 1: Hubris born of success -- Stage 2: Undisciplined pursuit of more -- Stage 3: Denial of risk and peril -- Stage 4: Grasping for salvation -- Stage 5: Capitulation to irrelevance or death -- Well-founded hope. 
<br/><br/> Discusses signs pointing toward the decline of a business, how far the decline can proceed before failure becomes inevitable, and crucial steps companies can take to reverse course. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>97881847940421 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009289786 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Business failures.<br/>Success in business.<br/>Organizational change.<br/>Management.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>658.16  / COL