The BI article [1] you linked to only shows a correlation between a handful of companies' failure and their new buildings. They failed because of other factors;

The BI article [1] you linked to only shows a correlation between a handful of companies' failure and their new buildings. They failed because of other factors; new buildings only accelerated their downfall. If this is the norm we wouldn't even have Google (and FB, Apple, Microsoft, Apple, etc) campuses today. [1] http://www.businessinsider.com/poorly-timed-headquarters-2009-11?op=1 http://www.businessinsider.com/poorly-timed-headquarters-200...