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The Dell Deal Explained: What a Successful Turnaround Looks Like

Harvard Business Review

You''re CEO of a once great company, now beleaguered on all sides by competitors and a rapidly changing industry. That''s the question Michael Dell has been asking himself since 2007, when he retook the top job at the computer company he founded in 1984. A Short History of Dell. How do you get back on top? So will it work?

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How Companies Can Help Rebuild America’s Common Resources

Harvard Business Review

Every company benefits from an educated populace. Every company needs skilled labor. Every company needs infrastructure – roads, bridges, ports – and every company benefits from the new technologies made possible by basic scientific research. Competitiveness Project.