Corporate America Is Now Almost As Risky As Main Street
We all know that starting a small business is a risky proposition — only about half of all small-company start-ups make it to five years. Now, however, comes word from researchers at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College that even publicly traded companies face futures almost as precarious.
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Posted by: Vijay Govindarajan - 10/20/2016 at 09:44 am
Strategy When Creative Destruction Accelerates
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Life is short. That’s never been more true for corporations today. An analysis of all 29,688 firms that listed from 1960 through 2009, divided into 10-year cohorts, reveals that newly listed firms in recent cohorts fail more frequently than did those in older ones. Creative destruction is accelerating because there is a fundamental shift in the American economy. The...
Posted by: Vijay Govindarajan - 10/14/2016 at 11:02 am
Research Explores The Effects Of Trade And Economic Disruption
Economic disruption has been a big part of the political conversation. Free trade might be a net benefit to the U.S., but there are large areas of the country that bear the brunt of negative effects.
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Posted by: Vijay Govindarajan - 10/14/2016 at 11:01 am
Two Ways to Break into India’s Consumer Market
While India is the fastest growing major economy in the world today, some foreign companies are still struggling to enter the market there. However, recent developments have opened new doors for consumer product companies to expand their presence and sales in India, at much lower risks.
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Posted by: Vijay Govindarajan - 10/11/2016 at 07:29 am