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Innovative Companies Demand Innovative Leaders

Harvard Business Review

Jobs was so impressed that he took his entire programming team on a tour of PARC and returned to Apple hell-bent on developing a personal computer that both incorporated and improved upon the technologies he and his team saw. That's what an innovative leader does. Jobs agreed with Tesler. Lafley became CEO.

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Steve Jobs, Tim Cook, and Apple's Innovation Premium

Harvard Business Review

When Jobs returned in 1998 he restructured his team with senior managers who possessed a rich mix of strong discovery- and delivery-driven skills, and as a result the company churned out hit after hit, from the iMac and iTunes to the iPad, iPhone, and iPad. Can he do it? History suggests Cook's task will be difficult, but not impossible.

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How Chinese Subsidies Changed the World

Harvard Business Review

If the Chinese government sticks to its decision to stop funding unprofitable solar-panel manufacturers and support a revamping of the industry, more bankruptcies and restructurings are sure to follow. In parallel, from 2004 to 2011, U.S. imports of technologically-advanced products from China grew by 16.5% In 2011, the U.S.

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