Includes bibliographical references and index.

"High Performance Companies complements the frameworks for strategy making detailed in many existing books, proposing a number of rules of thumb (or principles) that companies can consider when making their day-to-day decisions which, in turn, will determine their actual strategies. These principles traverse a wide range of scenarios, such as strategic changes implemented by companies, resource allocation decisions--especially towards building durable assets--and resource acquisition through inorganic means. The book adopts a reader-friendly approach by teasing out the lessons to be found in detailed cases studies from interesting companies. The writing minimizes jargon while maintaining rigor, especially with regard to the applicability and relevance of the strategic principles to different business contexts"--Provided by publisher.

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High Performance Companies: Successful Strategies from the World's Top Achievers; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1: My Motivations; Introduction and Positioning; Seven Concerns Raised by the Content and Approach of Other Books; A Book on Strategic Principles: The Idea; Approach of the Book; Organization of the Book; The Final Word; 2: Discover Diamonds among Coals; Resources, Firm Strategy, and Performance; Acquisitions Fitting the "Discover-Diamonds-among-Coals" Adage; Mittal Steel: Discovering Diamonds among Coals-Consistently!; Building a Global Empire through Acquisitions.

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