If you learned that the top dogs in a particular market were the same as 100 years ago, you would probably surmise that the business concerned had suffered a century of stagnation.
http://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21646985-american-model-higher-education-spreading-it-good-producing-excellence?zid=316&ah=2f6fb672faf113fdd3b11cd1b1bf8a77 The Economist