That's a pretty impressive legacy. And brand, style and marketing experts will have much to say about Jobs's unique combination of creative intuition and hard-nosed business skills.
But to my mind, Jobs's greatest and most useful example lies not in what Apple has done for shareholders, but in what it has done for other industries, companies, and individuals. In a period of great (and largely merited) doubt about America's economic capabilities, Apple provides an example of how a company can come back from significant blows, add significantly to people's quality of life, make a lot of people rich, and encourage others to innovate. Beyond a personal triumph, the story of Steve Jobs and Apple is a metaphor for the ability of a U.S. company (and perhaps the U.S. economy) to regenerate, innovate, and lead. |
发表于 2011-8-25 06:59
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