Summary
"SuperCorp" argues that the future success of companies depends on their ability to be "big but human, efficient but innovative, global but local." Based on a three-year worldwide research program, the book answers how companies can grow without becoming "lumbering, corrupt giants." It presents "vanguard companies" like IBM, Procter & Gamble, Cemex, and Omron as models for businesses of all sizes to remain competitive and attract talent.
The book demonstrates a powerful synergy between financial success and social conscience, showing that companies integrating both will thrive. Readers learn how to avoid the pitfalls of corporate growth and achieve a balance that benefits shareholders and society, leading to sustained innovation, profit, and growth.
Key concepts
- Vanguard companies — Companies that are big but human, efficient but innovative, global but local, poised for future success.
- Synergy between financial success and social conscience — The powerful combination of shareholder value and ethical business practices.
- Avoiding lumbering, corrupt giants — The challenge of preventing growth from leading to inefficiency and ethical compromise.
From the book
Description: Throughout her extraordinary career, Professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter has always pushed the boundaries through her high-level field research, and her breakthrough ideas with practical applications for a broad audience. One of the world's bestselling business thinkers, her work on leadership and change management has influenced the most enlightened and successful executives and entrepreneurs. Supercorp, based on a three-year worldwide research program, provides the answer to a question crucial to both business and society more broadly: as a company grows, how can it avoid becoming a lumbering, corrupt giant? Companies such as IBM, Procter & Gamble, Mexican-based Cemex and Japanese-based Omron provide the models that businesses small and large can use to stay on track, outstrip…
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