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Case Study: Will Our Chinese Partner Copy Our Technology?

Harvard Business Review

At last," the chairman had said, "we have a foothold in the electric vehicle market. The only person not applauding was Wang Xiguo, the engineer who had led the development of Prime's power train technology. It was among the fastest-growing Chinese automakers, and it was racing to get into the hybrid market.

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Getting Smarter about Google's "Brain Drain"

Harvard Business Review

Unfortunately for the authors, one of the star companies in their star-struck book was Enron, whose top brass boasted about the ambitious, aggressive, sharp-elbowed individualists who populated its ranks. Lesson 2: If you want to keep great contributors, develop better managers. What if smart people are overrated?".