Serendipity has led to many scientific breakthroughs. For instance, Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin while doing research on influenza. But unlike...

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In early 2019, the Notre Dame de Paris cathedral was severely damaged by a fire. Though many people still believe that the fire was due to errors made...

The problem with strategy frameworks is that although they can help you determine whether an opportunity is attractive or whether a given strategy is...

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This is an MIT Sloan Management Review article. The cost of information technology outsourcing involves more than vendor fees, but how much of that additional...

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This is an MIT Sloan Management Review article. The success of the IKEA Group, the world's largest furniture retailer, is generally attributed to its...

Consulting is pervasive in many industries, yet the use of consultants remains controversial. Why would firms give away key activities to hired guns?...