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Why do so many good companies go bad? In this book, the authors describe the companies that were once though of as great companies--A&P, Sears, Xerox, Kodak, GM, Corning, Atari, Wang--and how they ended up self-destructing. Readers of The Self-Destructive Habits of Good Companies...And How to Break Them can avoid the mistakes of these companies and have had a chance to go into turnaround, and perhaps go on to greater heights and greater profits. This book identifies seven dangerous habits even well-run companies fall victim to: denial, complacency, over dependence on traditional competencies, competitive myopia, an obsession with volume, rising culture conflict and turf wars, arrogance. It then will help the reader diagnose their own company. Most important, they'll find specific, detailed techniques for "curing" or better yet, preventing, every one of these self-destructive habits. Salient Features Identifies the dangerous habits even well-run companies fall victim to and helps diagnose and cure these habits Solution, rather than problem-oriented, this book can be the key to a turnaround in even the most dysfunctional of companies. Filled with real-world stories of those who have succeeded (and failed) in breaking their bad habits. Written by a well-known business professor and author, who has published two widely-read and widely-praised books.