# Case study

`kaal:entity:case-study`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 2 claims that carry the concept tag `case-study`. It is a roster of what the corpus says under this term. It is **not** an adjudicated definition: no single statement here has been ruled canonical, and no first-appearance call has been made. Read the claims and judge for yourself.

## Every claim under this term

2 claims across 2 works, 2017 to 2024.

**2017**

- [2922176-006](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2922176-006) [failure/evidenced] *(failure mode)* -- Microsoft lost relevance under Steve Ballmer because it optimized for short-term financial metrics instead of designing products for the next generation of consumers, even while sales tripled and profits doubled.
  > Microsoft missed these developments because it focused on short-term financial metrics, rather than on designing products relevant for the next generation of consumers.
  Mark Fenwick, Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P. M. Vermeulen, The ‘Unmediated’ and ‘Tech-Driven’ Corporate Governance of Today's Winning Companies (2017). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2922176

**2024**

- [4957318-028](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4957318-028) [empirical/evidenced] -- The speed of post war Japanese legal reform demonstrates that large scale legal change is possible when strong political will and adequate resources are present, which locates the binding constraint on legal cleanup in will and resources rather than in feasibility.
  > A critical aspect of this reform was its rapid implementation, demonstrating that large-scale legal changes are possible when there is strong political will and adequate resources.
  Wulf A. Kaal, The Future of Law - Dynamic Web3 Governance (2024). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4957318

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