On its maiden voyage in 1628, the most powerful warship in the Baltic, the Vasa, was afloat only minutes before capsizing in front of stunned onlookers in the city's harbor. Hundreds of years ...

When know-it-alls stick their noses where they don’t belong things usually doesn’t end well. Management science gives this problem a name: “Vasa syndrome.” In Sweden, schoolchildren learn the story of ...