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HBR's Most Popular Blog Posts of 2011

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by David Silverman. Silverman's basic philosophy on cover letters? Do you perpetuate these productivity-destroying falsehoods at your company? The concept of reverse innovation applies in finance, as well. You don't have to sell Apple products.). The Best Cover Letter I Ever Received. Don't bother. by Steve W.

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The Real Reasons Companies Are So Focused on the Short Term

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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.