Smart Growth: Form and Consequences

by Edward D. Hess

Book Overview

Wall Street believes that all public companies should grow smoothly and continuously, as evidenced by ever-increasing quarterly earnings, and that all companies either "grow or die." Introducing a research-based growth model called "Smart Growth," Edward D. Hess challenges this ethos and its dangerous mentality, which often deters real growth and pressures businesses to create, manufacture, and purchase noncore earnings just to appease Wall Street...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231150504
• ISBN13: 9780231150507
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Columbia Business School Publishing
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher