“How Can Wal-Mart Fail?”
Introduction
The demise of so-called corporate giants dates back to 476 A.D. with the fall of the Roman Empire. The decline of the Roman Empire can be compared to today’s failures in corporate America. Such viewpoints suggest that decay, financial problems and division of an empire were some of the causes. In particular, economic issues were a major factor. Economic decay included trade deficit, environmental changes, hoarding of the bullion, looting of the treasury, lack of leadership and disorganization (Gill). Again, it is hard to believe that these were some of the root causes. However, they sound all too familiar with the corporate failures that have been crashing to earth recently.
Huge Fortune 500 companies, such as Enron, WorldCom, Kmart, Xerox and Polaroid, have failed miserably. These are companies that were not supposed to collapse. However, they now fall into the “corporate failures” category. The statistics are staggering.......
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