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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Zook, Chris, 1951- author. | Allen, James, 1960- author.
Title: The founder’s mentality : how to overcome the predictable crises of growth / Chris Zook, James Allen.
Description: Boston, Massachusetts : Harvard Business Review Press, [2016]
Identifiers: LCCN 2015049494 (print) | LCCN 2016004772 (ebook) | ISBN 9781633691162 (hardback) | ISBN 9781633691179 ()
Subjects: LCSH: Corporations—Growth. | Industrial management. | Corporate profits. | Strategic planning. | Leadership. | BISAC: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Strategic Planning. | BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management. | BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Leadership.
Classification: LCC HD2746 .Z658 2016 (print) | LCC HD2746 (ebook) | DDC 658.4/06—dc23
LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015049494
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