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10 Books You Should Read This Summer

Leading Blog

JFK‘s advisor Ted Sorensen said he read widely on history, biography, and politics. Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment by Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony and Cass R. Decoding Greatness: How the Best in the World Reverse Engineer Success by Ron Friedman. But he had little interest in abstract theories. Friedman will show you how.

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Why Western Digital Firms Have Failed in China

Harvard Business Review

Google, for example, has succeeded in dominating many foreign markets that have radically different political systems and cultures (including Indonesia, Thailand, and Saudi Arabia). While these factors undoubtedly have played a role, such explanations are overly simplistic.