Business Strategy

Operational financial health is the backbone of every empire, or business. In 1917, the Tsarist regime ignored it, chasing external power while internal systems collapsed. The Historian’s Ledger, Vol. IV: The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty, 1917 We’ve dissected failures of innovation and governance. Today, we address a collapse rooted in a fatal flaw of…

The Corporate Autopsy, Vol. I: Nike If our Monday series, The Historian’s Ledger, explores the fundamental truths of finance from the past, our new Wednesday series, The Corporate Autopsy, conducts a forensic examination of modern corporate triumphs and failures. Outsourcing operations can transform a company’s financial trajectory, and no brand illustrates this better than Nike….