Tuesday, July 16, 2013

100 over 100 on Twitter

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In June I stated a new line on Twitter, #100over100, to highlight Michigan companies that are over 100 years old.  I started with companies ...
Monday, June 3, 2013

100 Year Old Companies Are Built on Relationships

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One of the results of our research on old companies in Japan is the emphasis they place on relationships.  They value and work at maintainin...
Friday, April 19, 2013

65 Surveys Completed

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Thank you to all those 100-year-old U.S. companies that have filled out surveys for my research!  We are now in the process of tabulating th...
Friday, August 10, 2012

What Is Unique About Old Companies?

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My research partner in Japan, Makoto Kanda, recently completed a study of over 1,000 companies to test our theoretical framework regarding t...
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Friday, April 27, 2012

A Theoretical Framework for Corporate Longevity

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Makoto Kanda, my research colleague in Japan, has completed his research of shinise (revered Japanese companies that have remained in busine...
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Saturday, February 4, 2012

Surveys of 100-Year-Old Companies Beginning

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Now that I have returned from a semester teaching in England I am re-starting my research on 100-year-old U.S. companies.  (I was interviewe...
Thursday, September 1, 2011

3 Principles of Corporate Longevity

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I came across a study by Zenlin Kwee from the Erasmus University in Rotterdam that discusses some strategic principles of long-lived firms. ...