Question

Find a current or former company that has been disrupted (ie significant loss of revenue, market share, bankruptcy). Reference the year that this occurred and the cause. Using critical success factors, what changes would you have made 2 years prior as the CTO of that company?

Critical success factors are:

Revisit your business model.
Have strategic themes.
Get the right people involved.
Work in partnership with the business.

Answer 1

My case study is about Lehman Brothers.It was the fourth largest company in U.S.Its bankruptcy was seen in the year 2008.

While its capitalization rate was high sometimes before bankruptcy bt due to its overconfidence and lack of proper portfolio management when U.S was facing financial crisis leads to its bankruptcy.

As the CTO of the company , I would have firstly distribute the portfolio in those sectors which shows positive return.And I would not be overconfident if I was compensating smaller losses.

Critical success factors are proper business model and strategic theme which should be implemented effectively.