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"Company lifespan" is a stupid metric. Any given company can hold on as best it can or be driven into the ground in a few years, depending on what management a
by psunavy03 3y ago
"Company lifespan" is a stupid metric. Any given company can hold on as best it can or be driven into the ground in a few years, depending on what management and the board does with it. There's no rule in business that says "oh, too old, time for you to go out of business now."
- s1artibartfast 3y agoI agree, that's why I think it was a stupid metric for the author to use as the basis of their article. It doesn't matter if average F500 company age is increasing when the average time on the f500 is decreasing. This is all beside the fact that company age itself is meaningless when you have a history full of mergers, acquisitions, and even reverse mergers or takeovers.