The Financial Times has carried an unusual number of obituaries and stories of terminal illness this summer.
There was the bankruptcy of Detroit and the slide into administration of once-ubiquitous companies, such as Jessops, the high-street camera retailer. Then there was last week’s announcement of the continuing troubles of BlackBerry, which made the defining business product of the first decade of the 21st century.
Humans have always found it hard to cope with the idea that every individual has a lifespan even as life itself goes on. The idea of a natural life cycle for a business, or industrial centre, is even more difficult to accept. So we ask: what can be done to revive Detroit? Can BlackBerry find a new role?
您已阅读17%（725字），剩余83%（3500字）包含更多重要信息，订阅以继续探索完整内容，并享受更多专属服务。