Small Giants

Companies That Choose to Be Great Instead of Big

Paperback, 268 pages

English language

Published March 27, 2007 by Portfolio Trade.

ISBN:
978-1-59184-149-4
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It's an axiom of business that great companies grow their revenues and profits year after year. Yet quietly, under the radar, a small number of companies have rejected the pressure of endless growth to focus on more satisfying business goals. Goals like being great at what they do . . . creating a great place to work . . . providing great customer service . . . making great contributions to their communities . . . and finding great ways to lead their lives.In Small Giants, veteran journalist Bo Burlingham takes us deep inside fourteen remarkable companies that have chosen to march to their own drummer. They include Anchor Brewing, the original microbrewer; CitiStorage Inc., the premier independent records-storage business; Clif Bar & Co., maker of organic energy bars and other nutrition foods; Righteous Babe Records, the record company founded by singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco; Union Square Hospitality Group, the company …

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Subjects

  • Entrepreneurship
  • Small businesses & self-employed
  • Small Business - General
  • Business Organization
  • Business & Economics
  • Business / Economics / Finance
  • Business/Economics
  • Corporate & Business History - General
  • Leadership
  • Management - General
  • Business & Economics / Corporate History
  • Business Ethics
  • Close corporations
  • Management
  • Private companies
  • Small business
  • United States

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