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  • August 2016
  • Case

VMD Medical Imaging Center

By: Susanna Gallani and Eva Labro
VMD Medical Imaging Center, a local independent provider of medical imaging services, is facing some important challenges. Despite efficiency improvements and cost cutting initiatives carried out over the past few years, their profitability is shrinking; their prices... View Details
Keywords: Costing; Death Spiral; Transfer Pricing; Activity Based Costing and Management; Competitive Strategy; Medical Specialties; Health Industry
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  • February 21, 2025
  • Article

How a Company’s Ownership Model Shapes the Mistakes It Makes

By: Josh Baron
Why do some companies continue to thrive for decades and others die after an initial run of success? Like many kinds of accidents, company failure is generally the consequence of cascading effects that combine to overwhelm a previously effective strategy. But the... View Details
Keywords: Business Exit or Shutdown; Failure; Ownership
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  • 2025
  • Working Paper

Why Companies Thrive Or Die: Ownership and the Path to Perpetuation

By: Josh Baron
Why do some companies continue to thrive for decades and others die after an initial run of success? Much like an airplane accident, company failure is generally the consequence of cascading effects that combine together to overwhelm a previously effective strategy.... View Details
Keywords: Ownership Type; Outcome or Result
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  • 18 Sep 2017
  • Research & Ideas

'Likes' Lead to Nothing—and Other Hard-Learned Lessons of Social Media Marketing

message with a single Cheerio. “This was a death that was felt very deeply by the fan culture of Prince, and that’s not a time for a heavy marketing sell,” Avery says. “A common tactic right now is for brands to look at what’s hot, what’s... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Advertising; Technology
  • 01 Mar 2008
  • News

Alumni Books

that anyone can use. He identifies three stages on this path: the Champion (Tiger Woods’s work ethic, self-confidence, and mental toughness), the Great Leader (Bob Iger’s revitalization of Disney), and the Legacy (Lance Armstrong’s good and lasting work). View Details
Keywords: Noel Capon; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • Web

Online Transforming Customer Experiences Course | HBS Online

bottom-up solicitations in leadership. Highlights The Death Spiral Building Trust With Employees The Capability, Motivation, License Framework Show Hide Details Concepts Workforce Adjustments The Performance... View Details
  • 19 Mar 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Unlocking Your Investment Capital

always the potential of a sort of death spiral taking place with these instruments if the market they're in turns sour? A: What I find more amazing is the extraordinary global progress that has been made... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services
  • 27 May 2009
  • First Look

First Look: May 27, 2009

the death or bankruptcy of at least one seller, are sold at lower prices than other houses. Foreclosure discounts are particularly large, on average, at 28% of the value of a house. The pattern of death-related discounts suggests that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace