Business Failure Analysis Name Course number Professor`s name Date Identify each organization`s objectives, vision, and mission Stanford Financial Group failed in 2009 and was taken over by the government. This owed to fraud related crimes that the company was found involved in. Amazon.com is a successful company and international retailer that focuses on online services. Stanford Financial Group used to focus on providing a variety of advisory and finance related services and also provided services related to insurance. Amazon focuses on addressing the needs of the customer in the best way possible by providing all the products and services required including those in digital format. Amazon has managed to build its brand worldwide and attain a significantly large customer based in comparison to other international online retailers. Determine the indicators of the business failure and success from research Stanford Financial Group collapsed owing to integrity related problems. Four of its entities namely Stanford International Bank Ltd, Stanford Group Company, Stanford Trust Company and Stanford`s Capital Management were the primary units that propagated the fraudulent criminal financial activities leading to the group`s failure (Publicintelligence, 2009). Allen Stanford leadership style was a strong indicator of the company`s failure because his board mainly consisted of his friends and relatives (Goldstein, 2009). He failed to select the board based on competence but he did so based on per...