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As Mba Professors Endlessly Tell Their Students, Companies Do Best When They Stick To What They Do Well. There's A Reason Apple Doesn't Make Blenders. There's A Reason Haagen-dazs Doesn't Sell Meat. And There's A Reason Drug Companies Should Focus On Saving And Improving Lives - Not Jeopardizing Them.

-Jeffrey Kluger

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As Mba Professors Endlessly Tell Their Students,

Jeffrey Kluger

As Mba Professors Endlessly Tell Their Students, Companies Do Best When They Stick To What They Do Well. There's A Reason Apple Doesn't Make Blenders. There's A Reason Haagen-dazs Doesn't Sell Meat. And There's A Reason Drug Companies Should Focus On Saving And Improving Lives - Not Jeopardizing Them.

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