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Are CEOs Really Necessary Anymore?

Strategy Driven

Supply chains are linked to these inputs, as is every other variable the CEO needs to be concerned about, from available corporate resources to stock price. Famously, Steve Jobs had no interest in market research when imagining where Apple needed to go next. The second is to lead innovation.

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Why Management Ideas Matter

Harvard Business Review

An idea can change an entire industry and ideas, from kaizen to the balanced scorecard , continually transform the way we work and lead our businesses. In The Innovator's Dilemma , he looked at why companies struggle to deal with radical innovation in their markets. Second, management matters. There is nothing new in this.