This is a book about visionary companies." So write Jim Collins and Jerry Porras in this groundbreaking book that shatters myths, provides new insights, and gives practical guidance to those who would like to build landmark companies that stand the test of time.ĭrawing upon a six-year research project at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, Collins and Porras took eighteen truly exceptional and long-lasting companies - they have an average age of nearly one hundred years and have outperformed the general stock market by a factor of fifteen since 1926 - and studied each company in direct comparison to one of its top competitors. This is a book about something far more important, enduring, and substantial. Nor is it about just having a corporate vision. It is not about visionary product concepts or visionary products or visionary market insights. "This is not a book about charismatic visionary leaders.
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