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Verizon, the iPhone, and the Power of Second Chances

Harvard Business Review

The Verizon Wireless side of the telecom giant, which is 45 percent owned by Vodafone, is also deepening ties with Google for the Droid and betting on its faster fourth generation (4G) network based on new LTE (long term evolution) technology to leap forward in the wireless marketplace. They make mistakes. They fumble.

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Five Questions Every Leader Should Ask About Organizational Design

Harvard Business Review

Rather it’s an on-going nipping and tucking of organizational resources to achieve both growth and efficiency at multiple levels: the company overall, the operating group level, and even within functional groups like human resources and information technology. Are you competing on the basis of on-going product or technological innovation?

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The Way Forward for Samsung, and Innovation

Harvard Business Review

Apple's recent legal victory over Samsung has prompted an outpouring of worried speculation about the future of technology and design that's almost unprecedented. The price of Android phones probably will rise in the short term. Bloggers and reporters are pushing this idea from a business- or technology-oriented mindset.