Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Acknowledgments V
3. About the BCG Henderson Institute VII
4. Contents IX
5. Introduction XI
6. Part I: Building Resilience
7. Chapter 1 Resilience vs. Efficiency: Calibrating the Trade-off 1
8. Chapter 2 When Resilience is More Important than Efficiency 11
9. Chapter 3 Advantage in Adversity 17
10. Chapter 4 Die Another Day: What Leaders Can Do About the Shrinking Life Expectancy of Corporations 27
11. Part II: Developing Ambidexterity
12. Chapter 5 Tomorrow Never Dies: The Art of Staying on Top 37
13. Chapter 6 How Vital Companies Think, Act, and Thrive 45
14. Chapter 7 The 2% Company 55
15. Chapter 8 Ambidexterity: The Art of Thriving in Complex Environments 65
16. Part III: Reinventing Businesses
17. Chapter 9 Business Model Innovation 73
18. Chapter 10 Lessons from Mavericks: Staying Big by Acting Small 83
19. Chapter 11 Leaping Before the Platform Burns: The Increasing Necessity of Preemptive Innovation 89
20. Chapter 12 Postmerger Integration Rejuvenation 97
21. Chapter 13 Walking the Tightrope: Successfully Integrating while Transforming 107
22. List of Figures 115
23. Index 117