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The Breakthrough Imperative
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The Breakthrough Imperative

by Mark Gottfredson, Steve Schaubert
October 2009
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
384 pages
9h 29m
English
HarperCollins Publishers
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APPENDIX 1

Research Methodology

This book is based on data from focused research, surveys, interviews, and analyses. The studies and methods are summarized in this appendix.

 

ADDITIONAL RESEARCH BASED ON THE PROFIT FROM THE CORE DATABASE

Purpose

To determine whether the CEOs of companies defined as sustained value creators (SVCs) were a significant and systematic factor in determining their companies’ performance.

 

Method

In preparation for writing his first book, Profit from the Core, our colleague Chris Zook compiled a database for Bain & Company of 1,854 public companies in the G8 economies with sales over $500 million. The database, maintained and updated, was used most recently by Zook in his latest book, Unstoppable, and now contains ...

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