High Performance Companies: Successful Strategies from the World's Top Achievers

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High Performance Companies complements the approach adopted by many of the existing books on strategy.  The author proposes a number of thumb rules (or principles) that companies can consider while making their day-to-day decisions which, in turn, will determine their actual strategy.  These principles traverse a wide spectrum of scenarios, such as strategic changes implemented by companies, resource allocation decisions especially towards building durable assets, and resource acquisition through inorganic means. The book adopts a reader-friendly approach by teasing out the lessons from detailed cases studies of interesting companies.  The writing minimizes jargon while maintaining rigor especially with regard to the applicability and relevance of the strategic principles to different business contexts.  Nitin also cites extensive evidence in support of the proposed arguments (e.g., about performance achieved, resources deployed) and achieves this without making the material intimidating (in other words, without sacrificing readability) for a typical business student or manager. The combination of both short and long case studies in each chapter demonstrate the general applicability of the principles and also improve the relevance to a typical reader by introducing diversity in contexts.  A variety of examples are included ranging from well-known companies such Coca Cola, Singapore Airlines and Starbucks to relatively lesser known companies such as Illinois Tool Work, SAS Institute and Heng Long Leather.  About The Author Nitin obtained a PhD degree in strategic management from the University of Michigan, a school to which leading academics in the field of strategy (e.g., the late CK Prahalad, Gary Hamel) have been affiliated at one point or another.  He has spent more than 15 years teaching strategy in schools such as University of Minnesota, National University of Singapore, Helsinki School of Economics and SPJain Centre of Management Research (Dubai).  He has conducted training sessions for several leading companies including Panasonic, DHL, Toshiba, Citigroup Private Bank and also conducted sessions in overseas locations for companies such as Sri Lanka Telecom, Astra International (Indonesia) and Nestle (Malaysia), among others. Nitin has also authored a dozen cases, scores of articles in academic journals, such as Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of International Marketing, Journal of World Business and Long Range Planning, among others.  He has written articles in newspapers e.g., Business Times, Straits Times, the Edge, Economic Times (India) and two books, both of which have been translated into Mandarin.  His books have sold thousands of copies and he currently serves on the Editorial Review Board of Strategic Management Journal, the most prestigious journal in our field. Nitin is based in Singapore where he is serving as the Associate Professor and Academic Director of National University of Singapore's MBA Program. Table Of Contents Introduction. Chapter 1. My motivations. Chapter 2. Discover diamonds among coal Chapter 3. Build durable assets. Chapter 4. Focus on small wins. Chapter 5. Integrate to innovate. Chapter 6. Advance during a crisis. Chapter 7. Beware of the incremental. Chapter 8. Strategic principles in a nutshell. Conclusion.