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Achieving sustained growth: No cakewalk

12%. That's how many companies worldwide managed to grow profits and revenues more than 5.5% over...

By Bain Global Strategy practice

First published on febrero 09, 2010
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12%. That's how many companies worldwide managed to grow profits and revenues more than 5.5% over the 10 years ending in 2008 and earn back their cost of capital, according to Bain's updated global database of Sustained Value Creators. The moral of the story: Achieving sustained, profitable growth is very challenging, and the odds of success are low. Source: Profit from the Core: A Return to Growth in Turbulent Times, by Chris Zook and James G. Allen

12%. That's how many companies worldwide managed to grow profits and revenues more than 5.5% over the 10 years ending in 2008 and earn back their cost of capital, according to Bain's updated global database of Sustained Value Creators. The moral of the story: Achieving sustained, profitable growth is very challenging, and the odds of success are low.

Source: Profit from the Core: A Return to Growth in Turbulent Times, by Chris Zook and James G. Allen