Poor monitoring can be either not acquiring information on significant subjects, getting incorrect information, or failing to update frequently enough. Getting incorrect information is relatively rare, although it happens all too often. Most corporations that find themselves “surprised” because of monitoring failures will discover that they either were not collecting the information they needed to foresee the situation or failed to update it. For example, expropriation is often preceded by months or years of political maneuvering. Governments fall suddenly but become vulnerable gradually.