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Bad Luck Doesn’t Just Happen: The Case of the Costa Concordia

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Bad Luck Doesn’t Just Happen: The Case of the Costa Concordia

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Using the case of the Costa Concordia cruise ship sinking, researchers demonstrate the threat posed by ‘zemblanity.’ While serendipity occurs when a company is prepared to take advantage of good fortune, zemblanity is the polar opposite, occuring when a company creates its own bad luck.


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February 20, 2016

Idea posted

Mar 2016
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