Business failures

Most organizations bend over backward to avoid failure. They shouldn't, says economist Paul Ormerod. History shows that failure and success are inherently...

It's one risk of conflating your role with your self-worth.

What causes companies to fail spectacularly? A recent study of 750 of the biggest U.S. business disasters of the past 25 years reveals that seven popular...

Don’t undervalue the overlooked.

Results from a study of 1,350 companies.

Theory often gets a bum rap among managers because it's associated with the word "theoretical," which connotes "impractical." But it shouldn't. Because...

Think about what may happen if you do nothing.

Use them to improve the sales process, not just evaluate it.

If you're launching a business, the odds are against you: Two-thirds of start-ups never show a positive return. Unnerved by that statistic, a professor...

The worst thing you can do is overthink the task at hand.

Setting up a research hub is easy. Setting it up to succeed is harder.

Shortly after the sudden death of her beloved husband, Priya Gowda learns that the company he built from a small dairy farm into a major Indian conglomerate...

Rejection hurts - but it isn't the end.

It's a better long-term strategy.

New research shows that companies really are failing faster than they used to: In particular, digital companies are far more vulnerable to quick imitation...

Rita McGrath, Columbia Business School professor, explains how companies can plan and pursue an aggressive growth agenda by framing their strategic growth...

Theory often gets a bum rap among managers because it's associated with the word "theoretical," which connotes "impractical." But it shouldn't. Because...

There's little reason to expect him to change.

The graveyard includes GE, Ford, Burberry, Nike, Lego, and P&G.

Accelerating technological improvements have changed the speed with which new innovations penetrate markets. Graphed over time, the market adoption of...