High Growth Companies : Driving the Tiger

by Ahrens, Thomas

• ISBN13: 9780566080302
• ISBN10: 0566080303
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-03-01
• Publisher: Gower Pub Co

Author Biography

Thomas Ahrens is the Managing Director of Ahrens & Partners, a Swedish consultancy that specializes in high growth companies.

Table of Contents

List of figures	vii
Introduction	1	(6)
1 The cast of companies	7	(2)
2 Myths of rapid growth	9	(8)
Part 1 Driving the tiger strategies	17	(90)
3 The time monopoly	19	(18)
4 Strategies for creating market	37	(14)
5 `Product flower' strategy	51	(24)
6 Flexible capacity strategy	75	(10)
7 Financial strategy	85	(6)
8 Long-term expansion strategy	91	(16)
Part 2 The tent organization	107	(62)
9 How to maintain control	111	(14)
10 How to structure the organization	125	(10)
11 How to plan and allocate resources	135	(10)
12 How to get the best from the management team	145	(10)
13 How to choose and motivate employees	155	(14)
Part 3 A tiger in your zoo?	169	(14)
14 How do you cope with a rapid growth cuckoo in the nest?	171	(12)
Part 4 Rapid growth for ever?	183	(22)
15 Rapid growth plateaus and problems	185	(20)
Summary	205	(2)
Index	207