Jim Collins




Jim Collins

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January 25, 1958

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male

place of birth
Aurora, Colorado, The United States

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Business & Investing


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Jim Collins is a student and teacher of enduring great companies — how they grow, how they attain superior performance, and how good companies can become great companies. Having invested over a decade of research into the topic, Jim has authored or co-authored four books, including the classic BUILT TO LAST, which has been a fixture on the Business Week best seller list for more than six years, and has been translated into 29 languages. His work has been featured in Fortune, The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Harvard Business Review, and Fast Company.

Jim’s book, GOOD TO GREAT: Why Some Companies Make the Leap ... And Others Don’t, attained long-running positions on the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Business...more




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avg rating: 3.87 | 5,194 ratings | 897 reviews | 27 distinct works | 10 fans
Good to Great: Why Some Compan... Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't
by Jim Collins
avg rating 3.88 — 3,909 ratings — published 2001
14 editions
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Built to Last: Successful Habi... Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies
by Jim Collins, Jerry I. Porras
avg rating 3.82 — 582 ratings — published 1994
16 editions
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Good to Great and the Social S... Good to Great and the Social Sectors: A Monograph to Accompany Good to Great
by Jim Collins
avg rating 3.95 — 209 ratings — published 2005
4 editions
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The Last Best League: One Summ... The Last Best League: One Summer, One Season, One Dream
by Jim Collins
avg rating 3.91 — 103 ratings — published 2004
4 editions
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How The Mighty Fall: And Why S... How The Mighty Fall: And Why Some Companies Never Give In
by Jim Collins
avg rating 3.84 — 79 ratings — published 2009
2 editions
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Beyond Entrepreneurship: Turni... Beyond Entrepreneurship: Turning Your Business into an Enduring Great Company
by Jim Collins
avg rating 4.50 — 4 ratings — published 1992
2 editions
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Film Theory Goes to the Movies Film Theory Goes to the Movies
by Jim Collins
avg rating 3.20 — 5 ratings — published 1992
2 editions
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Uncommon Cultures: Popular Cul... Uncommon Cultures: Popular Culture and Post-Modernism
by Jim Collins
avg rating 2.67 — 3 ratings — published 1989
2 editions
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Managing The Small To Midsized... Managing The Small To Midsized Company: Concept and Cases
by Jim Collins, William C. Lazier
avg rating 4.00 — 1 rating — published 1994
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High-Pop: Making Culture into... High-Pop: Making Culture into Popular Entertainment
by Jim Collins
avg rating 4.00 — 1 rating — published 2002
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"Good is the enemy of great."
Jim Collins
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"If we only have great companies, we will merely have a prosperous society, not a great one. Economic growth and power are the means, not the definition, of a great nation."
Jim Collins (Good to Great and the Social Sectors: A Monograph to Accompany Good to Great)
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"Good is the enemy of great"
Jim Collins
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