20Mar 2017

DECODING THE FORMULA FOR EVERGREEN BUSINESS SUCCESS.

  • M.B.A., Final Year Student, SRM University, Ramapuram, Chennai, India.
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The goal of this article is to understand deeply what the most important elements of success of a business. To achieve this objective, the study extensively collected, identified and analyzed best management practices, decode them into qualified factors that contribute most to sustained business performance. The findings suggest that the talented team & innovation are the main concern in determining the success. Other remarkable findings include that culture & structure, Execution & Leadership were all interrelated to each other and essentially need to be satisfied for attaining success. The mechanism through which organizational culture impacts the design of structures and vice versa is explained at the conceptual level. This article provides formula which when executed correctly will lead to increase value for both customer & company as well as sustain in this dynamic world. A schema for understanding the different potential domains for innovation is also added


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[HemaAnandaRaman.N.M. (2017); DECODING THE FORMULA FOR EVERGREEN BUSINESS SUCCESS. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Mar). 439-446] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com


HemaAnandaRaman.N.M.
M.B.A., Final Year Student, SRM University,Ramapuram, Chennai, India.

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/3531      
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/3531