TY - BOOK U1 - Buch A1 - Schwenker, Burkhard T1 - On good management: the corporate lifecycle N2 - Change or die! With this stark claim begins the journey through the corporate lifecycle. Why do so many companies fail? Why do managers struggle to recognize change early or hesitate to take vigorous action? Why – and how – must the traditional lifecycle concept be modernized if it is still to provide valid orientation?_x000D_ In this essay, Roland Berger CEO Burkhard Schwenker analyzes the challenges facing managers today and explores their implications for good management. Corporate management, he argues, must once again become more direct, more personal, more entrepreneurial. His experienced and thoughtful analysis is complemented by insightful, candid interviews with renowned entrepreneurs and business leaders, conducted by journalist Mario Müller-Dofel. Finally, Schwenker outlines an agenda calling for action in six specific areas. Y1 - 2013 UR - https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-658-02878-7 N1 - Wiesbaden: Gabler, 2015 ISBN 978-3-658-02877-0, eISBN 978-3-658-02878-7 ER -