On August 26, 2009

Name the Greatest Business Partnerships

Asked by Forbes.com to name his top five historical partnerships, Harvard Business School Dean Jay Light produced this unlikely list: Marie and Pierre Curie Meriwether Lewis and William Clark Larry Bird, Robert Parish and Kevin McHale Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard James D. Watson and Francis Crick Lewis and Clark are highlighted, for example, because they are a fine example of complementary opposites. Writes Light: “Lewis and Clark bonded over a shared love for the outdoors, but they had markedly different personalities. Lewis was a moody, introverted intellectual with a deep knowledge of cartography and natural science. Clark was the gregarious extrovert with a natural flair for leadership. Lewis needed Clark to keep up the esprit de corps through three…


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