Why do firms die? This volume explores international and cross-disciplinary perspectives, carrying out a forensic examination of 'how and why' companies die in order to understand the lessons 'dead firms' may have to offer.

Why do firms die? This volume seeks to explore international and cross-disciplinary perspectives, if you like a forensic examination, autopsy or post mortem of how and why companies die. This alternate perspectives flips the focus on survival, as all existing firms are in truth survivors, to...

Purpose The purpose of this chapter is to analyse the possible causes of the Peruvian Amazon Company’s death. Methodology/approach This study uses secondary sources to document the trajectory of the Peruvian Amazon Company, the rubber export boom, and the different market forces affecting the...