Based on more than ten years of Bain & Company research and analysis and fresh examples from firms responding to the current downturn, the book outlines what today’s executives and managers need to do now to revitalize their core, identify the next wave of profitable growth, and build on it successfully. Zook and Allen explain how companies can:
- Develop a strong, well-defined core and use it to establish a leadership position
- Follow the golden rule of strategy: discourage competitors from investing in your core
- Assess whether your core is operating at its full potential
- Uncover hidden assets in your core that provide the seeds for new growth
- Find a repeatable formula to apply core business strengths in adjacent markets
Building on powerful and proven ideas to meet today’s formidable business challenges, Profit from the Core is the back-to-basics strategy field guide no manager should be without.