Linking social system failures: A short note on marriage and firm failure

This study examined social system failures and sought to identify a plausible mechanism behind these failures. Stretched exponential distributions were observed for failure of marriages in the US, UK, and Germany. In addition, the study provides evidence of power laws in the failure of large firms i...

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Main Authors: Ingmar Zanger, Sidhartha S. Padhi, Stephan M. Wagner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-01-01
Series:Journal of Innovation & Knowledge
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2444569X17300021