CHAPTER ONE
How Can Great Firms Fail? Insights from the Hard Disk Drive Industry
When I began my search for an answer to the puzzle of why the best firms can fail, a friend offered some sage advice. âThose who study genetics avoid studying humans,â he noted. âBecause new generations come along only every thirty years or so, it takes a long time to understand the cause and effect of any changes. Instead, they study fruit flies, because they are conceived, born, mature, and die all within a single day. If you want to understand why something happens in business, study the disk drive industry. Those companies are the closest things to fruit ...
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