| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 174 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-163) and index. |
| Summary |
Ben & Jerry's. Stonyfield Farm. The Body Shop. Tom's of Maine. All leaders in the socially responsible business movement--and all eventually sold to mega-corporations. Do values-driven businesses have to choose between staying small, selling off, or selling out? Jill Bamburg says no. Based on intensive interviews with more than thirty growth-oriented, mission-driven entrepreneurs--including American Apparel, Give Something Back, Wild Planet Toys, Organic Valley Family of Farms, and Village Real Estate--her book explodes the myths of scale from both ends of the spectrum. She debunks both the limiting small is beautiful approach as well as the you have to sell out to grow mandate. |
| Contents |
Introduction : there IS another way -- Mission comes first -- Any business can do it -- Organic is the way to grow -- Finance your independence -- Build your values into the brand -- Match manufacturing to mission -- Morph early and often -- Form follows function -- The soft stuff is the hardest -- Getting to the scale : is it right for you? |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Small business -- United States -- Management -- Case studies.
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Small business. |
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United States. |
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Management. |
| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Subject |
Entrepreneurship -- United States -- Case studies.
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Entrepreneurship. |
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Social responsibility of business -- United States -- Case studies.
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Social responsibility of business. |
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Success in business -- United States -- Case studies.
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Success in business. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Case studies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bamburg, Jill, 1951- Getting to scale. 1st ed. San Francisco, CA : Berrett-Koehler ; Berkeley : Publishers Group West [distributor], ©2006 1576754162 9781576754160 (DLC) 2006040792 (OCoLC)64289447 |
| ISBN |
9781605090153 (electronic book) |
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1605090158 (electronic book) |
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9781609943509 (electronic book) |
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1609943503 (electronic book) |
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1282298844 |
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9781282298842 |
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1576754162 |
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9781576754160 |
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