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There's No Formula for Fixing Detroit, and That's a Good Thing

Harvard Business Review

But over time the automakers evolved into change-averse business bureaucracies. That''s got to be at least partly a negotiating tactic, but it''s a dangerous game Orr is playing. The downtown Detroit boomlet is to a remarkable extent the work of one wealthy risk-taker, Quicken Loans chairman and co-founder Dan Gilbert.