I would be interested to know how well documented this “curse of success” is? Is it studied in the economic literature? When do corporations, nations, firms, individuals suffer from this curse, when do they not? When do entire industries—like universities—suffer from the curse? When do they survive and recover? When do they go completely bust? It seems possible to find examples going both ways, so I’m guessing there’s something more subtle going on.
I would be interested to know how well documented this “curse of success” is? Is it studied in the economic literature? When do corporations, nations, firms, individuals suffer from this curse, when do they not? When do entire industries—like universities—suffer from the curse? When do they survive and recover? When do they go completely bust? It seems possible to find examples going both ways, so I’m guessing there’s something more subtle going on.