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Why GE’s Jeff Immelt Lost His Job: Disruption and Activist Investors

Harvard Business Review

Over a period of years, every GE senior manager would learn the lean startup methodology, and GE would be the showcase for how modern companies use entrepreneurial management to transform culture and drive long-term growth. GE’s gross margin was 21% last year, compared with 28% for United Technologies and 30% for Siemens.

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