Re-Creating the Corporation

Over the last three decades the average life expectancy of a corporation in North America has dipped well below 20 years. In fact, by 1983 a full third of the 1970 Fortune 500 companies had been acquired, merged, or broken apart. In this landmark book, one of the business world''s foremost pioneers, Russell L. Ackoff, delivers this indispensable guide for those hoping to beat these odds--and to be...