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What is meant by this quote from the WSJ article: In order that it may live, a corporation must be willing to see business units die.

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In order that it may live, a corporation must be willing to see business units die.

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Basically it means that management can't be afraid to let go. Many times in business, we see companies start to fail because one or more of their business units starts to die - it becomes an unproductive unit that is a drain on the company's pocketbook. It basically becomes a cash cow. Instead of ...

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