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HBR's Most Popular Blog Posts of 2011

Harvard Business Review

by David Silverman. Silverman's basic philosophy on cover letters? Steve Jobs Solved the Innovator's Dilemma. The concept of reverse innovation applies in finance, as well. How the science of attention blindness can help you improve your innovative thinking. The Best Cover Letter I Ever Received.

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The Real Reasons Companies Are So Focused on the Short Term

Harvard Business Review

Some argue that profits are stagnant because of short-termism—that decades of focusing on current profits over long-run innovativeness has resulted, now, in companies that are hollowed out. One trend that has contributed to short-termism and lower innovativeness is the increased prevalence of outside CEOs.