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The Entrepreneurial Corporation: Oxymoron? | In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

Leadership. by John • April 4, 2011 • Leadership , Strategy • 0 Comments. In the meantime, perennial innovators the likes of Apple, FedEx, Nike and Trader Joe’s extended their leadership over old-guard competitors. Your job is to choose a company with a buoyant culture and leadership that’s not afraid of change.

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The More Experience You Have, the Worse You Are at Bootstrapping

Harvard Business Review

For their data, the researchers turned to the movie business, where all three types of resources are at work on every project. Studying 837 mass-market movies released between 1996 and 2003, they collected data on the movies’ producers and their prior experience.

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Corporate Entrepreneurship: Turn Irony into Opportunity

In the CEO Afterlife

In the meantime, perennial innovators the likes of Apple, FedEx and Amazon extended their leadership over old-guard competitors. Your job,” I said, “is to choose an organization with a buoyant culture and a leadership team that’s not afraid of change. Innovation and entrepreneurship made a comeback, albeit in measured bites.