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Svänghjulseffekten är en monografi som kompletterar den uppskattade och globalt hyllade bästsäljaren Good to great. Här ligger fokus på att praktiskt använda och implementera Jim Collins svänghjulskoncept en av hans mest inflytelserika idéer, som framgångsrikt har använts inom en rad företag, industrier och samhällsområden, liksom i många start-up-företag.

Nyckeln till framgång för ett företag ligger inte i en specifik innovation eller affärsplan. Det ligger i svänghjulseffekten där företaget sakta får upp momentum och till sist når ett genombrott. Med utgångspunkt i svänghjulsteorin som han presenterade i sin klassiker Good to great, förklarar Jim Collins hur man skapar sitt eget svänghjul, hur man får fart på det och hur man bibehåller sin svänghjulseffekt i tider av turbulens när marknader förändras.

Med stöd av forskningen från sitt Good to great-arbete och ett antal fallstudier från företag som Amazon och investmentbolaget Vanguard otroliga framgångar som alla har uppnått en remarkabel svänghjulseffekt visar Collins att riktigt lyckade företag kan rubba omvärldens cirklar och uppnå exempellösa framgångar genom att bemästra svänghjulseffekten.

Built To Last, the defining management study of the nineties, showed how great companies triumph over time and how long-term sustained performance can be engineered into the DNA of an enterprise from the very beginning. 

But what about companies that are not born with great DNA? How can good companies, mediocre companies, even bad companies achieve enduring greatness? Are there those that convert long-term mediocrity or worse into long-term superiority? If so, what are the distinguishing characteristics that cause a company to go from good to great?

Over five years, Jim Collins and his research team have analyzed the histories of 28 companies, discovering why some companies make the leap and others don''t. The findings include:

Building upon the concepts introduced in Good to Great, Jim Collins answers the most commonly asked questions raised by his readers in the social sectors. Using information gathered from interviews with over 100 social sector leaders, Jim Collins shows that his "Level 5 Leader" and other good-to-great principles can help social sector organizations make the leap to greatness.

The Challenge Built to Last, the defining management study of the nineties, showed how great companies triumph over time and how long-term sustained performance can be engineered into the DNA of an enterprise from the verybeginning.

But what about the company that is not born with great DNA? How can good companies, mediocre companies, even bad companies achieve enduring greatness?

The Study For years, this question preyed on the mind of Jim Collins. Are there companies that defy gravity and convert long-term mediocrity or worse into long-term superiority? And if so, what are the universal distinguishing characteristics that cause a company to go from good to great?

The Standards Using tough benchmarks, Collins and his research team identified a set of elite companies that made the leap to great results and sustained those results for at least fifteen years. How great? After the leap, the good-to-great companies generated cumulative stock returns that beat the general stock market by an average of seven times in fifteen years, better than twice the results delivered by a composite index of the world''s greatest companies, including Coca-Cola, Intel, General Electric, and Merck.

The Comparisons The research team contrasted the good-to-great companies with a carefully selected set of comparison companies that failed to make the leap from good to great. What was different? Why did one set of companies become truly great performers while the other set remained only good?

Over five years, the team analyzed the histories of all twenty-eight companies in the study. After sifting through mountains of data and thousands of pages of interviews, Collins and his crew discovered the key determinants of greatness -- why some companies make the leap and others don''t.

The Findings The findings of the Good to Great study will surprise many readers and shed light on virtually every area of management strategy and practice. The findings include:

“Some of the key concepts discerned in the study,” comments Jim Collins, "fly in the face of our modern business culture and will, quite frankly, upset some people.”

Perhaps, but who can afford to ignore these findings?

Brought to you by Penguin. Can a good company become a great one? If so, how?After a five-year research project, Jim Collins concludes that good to great can and does happen. In this book, he uncovers the underlying variables that enable any type of organisation to make the leap from good to great while other organisations remain only good. Rigorously supported by evidence, his findings are surprising - at times even shocking - to the modern mind.Good to Great achieves a rare distinction: a management book full of vital ideas that reads as well as a fast-paced novel. It is widely regarded as one of the most important business books ever written.© Jim Collins 2001 (P) Penguin Audio 2020