Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Other's Don't

Built To Last, the defining management study of the nineties, showed how great companies triumph over time and how long—term sustained performance can be engineered into the DNA of an enterprise from the very beginning.

But what about companies that are not born with great DNA? How can good companies, mediocre companies, even bad companies achieve enduring greatness? Are there those that convert long—term mediocrity or worse into long—term superiority? If so, what are the distinguishing cha...