Brick by Brick: How LEGO Rewrote the Rules of Innovation and Conquered the Global Toy Industry

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Bill Breen David Robertson

Brick by Brick

How LEGO Rewrote the Rules of Innovation and Conquered the Global Toy Industry

Bill Breen, David Robertson

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English

Century
01 May 2014

Economics & Business; Business strategy; International business

The story of LEGO's extraordinary rise, fall and rise again.

LEGO is one of the world's best-loved and most familiar brands, adored by generations of children. What is less well known, though, is how close this iconic company came to total collapse in 2003.

Brick by Brick is the compelling story of a Danish family-owned company that enjoyed decades of success before its inability to keep in step with a rapidly changing market brought it crashing to earth. It's also the story of an extraordinary recovery. As disaster stared them in the face, the management of LEGO embarked on an audacious and innovative plan to turn their fortunes around, and then painstakingly implemented it. Today, the company is riding high once again, and enjoying results that are the envy of their competitors.

Granted unprecedented access to every part of the LEGO Group, David Robertson not only charts each twist in the company's story but explains precisely what went wrong and how it was fixed. His clear-sighted analysis will prove invaluable to all those who want to understand how companies can not only ride the storm of change, but benefit from it.

By: Bill Breen, David Robertson
Imprint: Century
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 235g
ISBN: 9781847941176
ISBN 10: 1847941176
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 01 May 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

DAVID ROBERTSON joined the faculty of the Wharton School in 2011. He teaches Innovation and Product Development in Wharton's undergraduate, MBA and executive education programmes. From 2002 until 2010, Robertson was the LEGO Professor of Innovation and Technology Management at Switzerland's Institute for Management Development (IMD). BILL BREEN is the co-author of The Responsibility Revolution: How the Next Generation of Businesses Will Win (Jossey-Bass, 2010) and of The Future of Management (Harvard Business School Press, 2007).

Reviews for Brick by Brick: How LEGO Rewrote the Rules of Innovation and Conquered the Global Toy Industry

A nuanced and readable case study. * Wall Street Journal * The raw material he deals with is every bit as durable and grip ping as Lego bricks. . .Robertson's take on Lego's success holds plenty of lessons for companies pondering how to remain innovative in a fast-changing world. * Financial Times *