The year was 1988. Jim Collins, a young lecturer at Stanford University, glanced at the syllabus for the course on small businesses. The syllabus opened with the words, “This will be a course on how to manage the challenges of a small enterprise.” On a whim, Collins deleted that sentence and replaced it with, “This will be a course on how to turn a small business into an enduring, great company.”
From innovation to greatness
Business guru Jim Collins talks to TheMarker about what makes companies great and how the winning formula could be applied in hyper-innovative Israel.
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Yoni Kish


