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Originally Posted by Lemurion
While conservatism can lead to a slow death, making the wrong bold move will almost always lead to a fast death - and the people who run corporations have a fiduciary duty to avoid the moves that will lead to a fast death.
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Sadly, they have to avoid both kinds of death, since in
theory 
their stock price reflects both near- and long-term business potential. Although I LOVE to complain about (and boycott) the Big 6, I still don't know if I'd want to be in the shoes of their senior management!
In general, though, they seem to be more in a "running scared/protect the current business model" mode, rather than trying to figure out how to proactively shift their business models. I'm not sure that's going to be a successful approach. And it's very sad for those of us on the early edge of e-reading.