Finally, the study also included six unsustained comparison companies. These companies would have met the criteria to be defined as good-to-great, except that they were not able to sustain their stock market gains over the necessary fifteen-year period. These companies come from a variety of industries.
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Chapter 1
...the good-to-great companies but did not transition into great results. The second group, the “ unsustained comparison companies,” did make the jump from good to great but did not maintain their improved...
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Chapter 3
...them to keep succeeding without the individual genius. This pattern shows up especially in the unsustained comparisons , which often did well under one exceptional leader but could not sustain those successes...
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Chapter 6
...of discipline were crucial to the good-to-great companies, Collins and his team also found that unsustained comparison companies showed immense discipline. However, discipline in the unsustained comparisons turned out to correlate with...
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Chapter 7
...In contrast, comparison companies did not usually become pioneers in technology. Those who did were unsustained comparisons , which shows, as Collins writes, that “technology alone cannot create sustained great results.” Collins...
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