The Four Colors of Business Growth
- 1st Edition - July 18, 2011
- Latest edition
- Author: Anjan V. Thakor
- Language: English
Defining an organization by its growth strategy enables business leaders to make better decisions about the ways their companies compete. Anjan Thakor’s four categories of gr… Read more
Description
Description
Defining an organization by its growth strategy enables business leaders to make better decisions about the ways their companies compete. Anjan Thakor’s four categories of growth, which he arranges into the Competing Values Framework, delivers methods for developing strategies grounded in internal cultures and industry goals. Written for professionals, this book provides easy access to concepts in fields as diverse as corporate strategy, finance, organizational behavior, change management, and leadership.
Key features
Key features
- Teaches ways to formulate a growth strategy and implement it through simple organizational interventions
- Provides an intuitive framework and common language about growth strategies
- Teaches readers how an effective growth strategy can boost stock price
- Readers learn what kind of growth strategy will maximize the value of an organization
- Readers with varied functional backgrounds can understand these concepts
Readership
Readership
People worldwide who make decisions about growth directions for their companies, as well as people responsible for interpreting company decisions and values for employees. Secondary audience includes undergraduates and graduate (MBA) students worldwide studying business strategies
Table of contents
Table of contents
Dedication
Preface
About the Author
Chapter 1. Growth Is Everywhere
Chapter 2. Growth Comes in Four Colors
Chapter 3. The Competing Values Framework Growth Strategies and the Stock Market
Chapter 4. How to Know Which Color Your Growth Strategy Should Be
Chapter 5. Alignment for Growth
Chapter 6. Ideas for Yellow Growth Strategies
Chapter 7. Ideas for Red Growth Strategies
Chapter 8. Ideas for Blue Growth Strategies
Chapter 9. Ideas for Green Growth Strategies
Chapter 10. Wrapping Up
Appendix. The Competing Values Framework for Growth Strategy
Resources and Additional Readings
Index
Review quotes
Review quotes
"For a global, multi-cultural company to succeed, it needs a common language. The Competing Values Framework provides it and has been an essential tool for gaining alignment around strategies and organizational priorities within Bunge's senior leadership team."—Aberto Weisser, CEO Bunge Limited
"Not since Jim Collin’s 'Good to Great' have I been so stirred to thought and action as I am by the practical application of the Competing Values framework. Stimulating healthy growth is the lifeblood of all enterprises. Combining the behavioral realities of the company’s talent and the rational realities of an individual’s gifts strikes at the heart of good leadership. Harnessing the potential of an organization by recognizing and nurturing the ability to reach across disciplines and personalities to create teamwork that can focus its resources on the best growth opportunities. A book worth sharing with your leadership team across all disciplines."—Ron Fromm, Chairman and CEO, Brown Shoe Company, Inc.
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: July 18, 2011
- Language: English
About the author
About the author
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Anjan V. Thakor
Anjan Thakor is John E. Simon Professor of Finance, Director of Doctoral Programs, and Director of the WFA Center for Finance and Accounting Research, Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis. Prior to joining the Olin School, Thakor was The Edward J. Frey Professor of Banking and Finance at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, where he also served as chairman of the Finance area. He has served on the faculties of Indiana University, Northwestern University, and UCLA. He has consulted with many companies and organizations, including Whirlpool Corporation, Allision Engine Co., Bunge, Citigroup, RR Donnelley, Dana Corporation, AB-Inbev, Zenith Corporation, Lincoln National Corporation, J.P. Morgan, Landscape Structures, Inc., CIGNA, Borg-Warner Automative, Waxman Industries, Reuters, The Limited, Ryder Integrated Logistics, AT&T, CH2M Hill, Takata Corporation, Tyson Foods, Spartech, and the U.S. Department of Justice. Among many other honors, Dr. Thakor is the winner of the Reid MBA Teaching Excellence Award, Olin School of Business, 2005, and received the Outstanding Teacher in Doctoral Program award for the University of Michigan Business School, April 2003. He has published over 100 papers in leading academic journals in Finance and Economics, including The American Economic Review, Review of Economic Studies, Journal of Economic Theory, The Economic Journal, The RAND Journal of Economics, The Journal of Finance, The Review of Financial Studies, The Journal of Financial Intermediation, and The Journal of Financial Economics. Besides this book, he has published
nine other books. In a paper published in 2017, he was ranked as one of the five most prolific Finance authors during 2005–15.
He is a founding editor of The Journal of Financial Intermediation and one of the founders of The Financial Intermediation Research Society. He is a fellow of The Financial Theory Group. He has served as an expert witness on numerous banking cases and testified in US federal courts on issues related to bank valuation and capital structure.