BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Stick To The Knitting
- an exhortation to organizations to concentrate on the activities, products, and services that are key to their core business and consequently to their success. Stick to the knitting was popularized by Tom Peters and Bob Waterman in their book In Search of Excellence (1984).
Additional Resources
- The Myth of Excellence: Why Great Companies Never Try to Be the Best At Everything. - by Fred Crawford and Ryan Mathews - Review - book review
- By Fred Crawford and Ryan Mathews (Crown Business, $28) FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU do best and don't dwell on the rest. It's a simple idea seen most often in personal-development guides like the Myers-Briggs test and What Color Is Your Parachute? In The Myth of Excellence, top-shelf consultants...
- Research articles 2001-06-25
- On Meltdown Monday it's Hip to be Square
- As Hurricanes Lehman and Merrill begin to batter Wall Street and beyond, it's good to reflect on a business lesson highlighted recently on Harvard Business Publishing by blogger Bill Taylor. Businesses that stick to the basics, use common sense, and hold firm to conservative business practices are...
- Blog posts 2008-09-15
- TV stations told to 'stick to their knitting.' (McKinsey and Co./Teller-Gorman study recommends focus on core business)
- TVB study sees slow market growth, competition for market share Broadcast stations that focus on their core business during the next two years, while at the same time experimenting with new technology will have a better chance of becoming grea ...
- Research articles 1994-03-28
- New York post. (The united states).
- Commenting on Mr. Bush's numerous dogmatic statements on Islam, Daniel Pipes, Arab scholar and inventor of the term "Islamism," declared that the president should "stick to [his] knitting: politics." In a November 26 New York Post column, Mr. Pipes argued, "President Bush's peculiar statements about ...
- Research articles 2001-12-17
- Mac Developer Alykhan Jetha Urges Apple to Reject Lure of Enterprise Computing
- Drawing comparisons between Microsoft Corp. and Apple Inc., independent Mac developer Alykhan Jetha is urging Apple to stick to its knitting in the small business and consumer markets, and leave the large enterprise market to the "PC society that has stalled out on innovation." Jetha is the CEO of Marketcircle...
- Research articles 2007-12-13
- When Growth Stalls
- It happens even to exemplary companies: after years of neck-snapping acceleration in revenue, growth suddenly stalls. And no one saw it coming. Worse, if executives don't diagnose the cause of a stall and turn things around fast, a company stands little chance of...
- Articles 2008-03-05
- Intel's Inside Track - marketing strategies; Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc - Statistical Data Included
- Even the most dominant brands on occasion need a wakeup call from their rivals telling them to stick to their knitting. Microsoft's came in 1995 when upstart Netscape Communications established itself as the premier Internet software company In 1993, Marlboro cut prices by as much as 40% in a bid...
- Research articles 2001-05-07
- Liberty Media Will Stick to Knitting.
- VAIL, COLO. -- Liberty Media Group won't stray from a winning game plan, despite the financial clout that comes with a favored spot under the AT&T Corp. umbrella. VAIL, COLO. -- Liberty Media Group won't stray from a ...
- Research articles 1999-03-15
- NAVISTAR'S HARD DRIVER; Wall St. wants CEO to stick to knitting. But Daniel Ustian doesn't knit.(News)
- Byline: BOB TITA For a truck industry lifer, Daniel Ustian is full of surprises. Since taking the wheel as CEO of Navistar International Corp. two years ago, the 32-year company veteran has steered the truckmaker down unfamiliar paths in search ...
- Research articles 2005-06-06
- Of Duck Walks And Holiday Guides
- The terrorist attacks occurred just as October issues of many monthlies were shipping to newsstands, and November issues were reaching the final pre-print stages. Editors found themselves grappling with how, if at all, to address the attacks in ways that wouldn't appear irrelevant or inappropriate one month later. Carey...
- Research articles 2001-10-01
- Outlook: Abbey National
- ABBEY NATIONAL is another lesson, if any more were needed, on why it pays to stick to your knitting. Abbey was the first building society to demutualise, and for a while its fortunes soared along with the share price. In accordance with its pioneering credentials, Abbey then...
- Research articles 2002-11-28
- Flexsteel Industries F2Q08 (Qtr End 12/31/07) Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions. We will pause for just a moment to compile the q-and-a roster. Your first question comes from the line of [Vincent Stoughton]. Vincent Stoughton Hi guys. Good quarter. My question is, how sustainable do you believe the margin improvements you guys have seen are in...
- Earnings calls 2008-02-10
- FSA Sees Tougher Trading Supervision
- By Huw JonesLONDON (Reuters UK) - The UK financial services sector must face a "profound shift in regulatory philosophy" that includes tougher curbs on trading to cut risk, Britain's financial watchdog said on Monday."We have had to change that mindset and we have now done so, and that has implications...
- News items 2009-11-23
- Marshall & Ilsley Corporation F3Q07 (Qtr End 09/30/07) Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator Thank you. For analysts who would like to ask a question, you will be able to do so during the Q&A. [Operator Instructions]. Your first question comes from the line of Scott Siefers. Scott Siefers - Sandler O'Neill & Partners, LP Good...
- Earnings calls 2007-10-17
