Driel, H. van; Volberda, H.W.; Eikelboom, S. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2004
In this paper, we explore the factors that determine the longevity of firms. Five central factors were distilled from … the literature: position in the supply chain, the nature of the technology used, structure, culture, and financial policy …. We made an extensive case-study of the Dutch storage company Royal Pakhoed and its predecessors from the early …