TY  - BOOK
AU  - Burlingham,Bo
TI  - Small giants: companies that choose to be great instead of big 
SN  - 9781591841494 (paperback)
AV  - HD 62.7 B961s 2007
U1  - 658.4/09 
PY  - 2007///
CY  - New York, New York
PB  - Portfolio/Penguin
KW  - Small business
KW  - United States
KW  - Management
KW  - Private companies
KW  - Close corporations
KW  - Success in business
KW  - Pequeña empresa
KW  - Estados Unidos
KW  - Empresas privadas
KW  - Corporaciones cerradas
KW  - Éxito en los negocios
N1  - "Updated with a new afterword by the author"--Cover; Includes index; Free to choose
Who's in charge here?
The Mona Lisa principle
Ties that bind
A culture of intimacy
Galt's gulch
Pass it on
The art of business
N2  - Most books about successful businesses focus on public companies, where the definition for success is steady growth in revenue and profits. Yet there are many excellent, privately held companies marching to the beat of a different drum; they have stricken revenue and profit growth from the top of their mission statements. Instead, they define themselves by their passion for their products and their commitment to their employees, customers, and community--embracing a clarity and loyalty to purpose that's an anomaly in today's environment. This book is about the unconventional people who run these purpose-driven companies, consistently profitable yet consciously resisting convention by staying small and great instead of becoming large and mediocre.--
ER  -