While some elements of Google’s success as innovator would be very hard to emulate, others can be profitably adopted by almost any business. I hope you enjoy this Harvard Business Reivew interview with Tom Davenport, Professor of Information Technology & Management

Why American Management Rules the World - according to a group of European researchers:

What is the secret sauce of management success? One of the biggest drivers is variation in people management. American firms are ruthless at rapidly rewarding and promoting good employees and retraining or firing bad employees.

Source: Harvard Business Review