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The Company We Keep: Reinventing Small Business for People, Community, And Place
by John Abrams
from Chelsea Green
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Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 
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Moving Forward
A document of great vision and execution in a positive direction. A fine example of collaborative and cooperative thinking thich enhances the resulting effort. Everyone wants to work in a nurturing environment.
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Totally engrossing and not just for business-types
In an era in which corporations are measured on quarterly, single bottom-line returns, John Abrams presents a compelling case that a multiple bottom-line, values oriented, long term focus can be a successful business strategy in The Company We Keep.
In this well-written and compelling book, Abrams artfully examines the long-accepted American business concept of growth;and determines that growth for growth's sake is a short-term strategy leading to failure. He weaves over twenty years of experience in... more info
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A Must-Read for every MBA program and anyone interested in succeeding in business with integrity!
Can a company built and grown on Abrams's hippie values of kindness, love, respect, honesty, and freedom of the individual actually be successful in this era rife with competition?
A friend recommended this book, as am a business owner, MBA, Gen X/ Y, who embraces these values to the extent that I'll never compromise, and have built a small, successful business with similar emphasis on treating people involved extraordinarily well. Profit, like in Abrams's story, was simply a bi-product. And the joy of... more info
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Blueprint for REAL Success
This is an excellent business book!
I recommend it to any CEO wondering how to maintain a profitable and healthy organization beyond next quarter's bonus.
John Abrams shows us how real business success can be achieved for the corporation and the community in this documentary of South Mountain Company. It is well written and packed with the tested principals and concepts that have built this successful, community centered business on Martha's Vineyard.
Imagine that true workplace democracy... more info
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