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Cover of Unstoppable: Finding Hidden Assets to Renew the Core and Fuel Profitable Growth by Chris Zook

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Unstoppable: Finding Hidden Assets to Renew the Core and Fuel Profitable Growth

by Chris Zook • 2007

IntermediateShort to Medium
4.2
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Why We Recommend It

Zook builds on his “profit from the core” theory — valuable insight on how mature companies can evolve and grow.

Key Ideas

  • Renew your core business rather than abandoning it

  • Search for hidden assets or undervalued parts of business

  • Expand adjacencies with respect to the core

  • Manage transitions without losing identity

  • Balance exploitation of core and exploration of new opportunities

Who Should Read This

Corporate strategists
Growth managers
Mature companies

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Book Details

Difficulty

Intermediate

Length

Short to Medium

Rating

4.2

Topics

strategygrowthcorporate renewal

Publication

2007

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