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• the Dartmouth researchers isolated what kinds of companies are fueling the rise.
• “This trend isn’t because of an increasing likelihood that a firm listed before 1970 will fail—it’s mainly because recently listed firms are dying more quickly,”
• Why are these businesses failing, and how can managers prevent it?
• firms listed after 2000 spent more than twice as much as earlier firms (in percentage terms) on organizational capital and half as much on physical assets.
• Compared with companies that own factories, products, and supply chains, digital companies are far more vulnerable to quick imitation

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