Publications
Publications
- April 1995 (Revised June 1996)
- HBS Case Collection
Note on Building the Self-Sustaining Firm
Abstract
Describes the strategic and organizational challenges of turning a fledgling enterprise into a self-sustaining business. In contrast to traditional life-cycle models, the note argues that businesses evolve in idiosyncratic ways. Therefore the leaders of young businesses have to develop strategies while taking into account the whole situation (rather than a "stage of growth") and after consideration of a broad mix of options. Furthermore, success in attaining sustainability is as much a matter of execution as it is of picking the right growth strategy.
Keywords
Business Growth and Maturation; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Growth and Development Strategy
Citation
Bhide, Amar. "Note on Building the Self-Sustaining Firm." Harvard Business School Background Note 395-200, April 1995. (Revised June 1996.)