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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? We all hate business jargon, but we can't stop using it. The Best Cover Letter I Ever Received.

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The Real Reasons Companies Are So Focused on the Short Term

Harvard Business Review

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. My research indicates that companies in which R&D is decentralized have 40 to 65% lower RQ than companies with centralized R&D.