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HBR's Most Popular Blog Posts of 2011

Harvard Business Review

We can't resist including another 11 posts, a hard-to-agree-upon sampling of the ideas we were proudest to publish and discussions we most enjoyed hosting this year. by David Silverman. Silverman's basic philosophy on cover letters? The concept of reverse innovation applies in finance, as well. Don't bother.

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The Real Reasons Companies Are So Focused on the Short Term

Harvard Business Review

CEOs from rival firms); conversely not all inside CEOs have it (CEOs promoted from finance). Perhaps more problematically, a study by Nick Argyres and Brian Silverman found that decentralized R&D produces innovations that have a smaller and narrower impact on subsequent innovation.