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Re:Google’s “20% time,” which brought you Gmail and AdSense,... by mathattack on Friday August 16, 2013 @10:00AM (#6223998)
I wouldn't blame this on MBA-think. The folks doing it at Google aren't MBAs, and the 3M/Google/HP approach is treated as a positive case study.

It's an issue of central control versus decentralized organization, and where the company thinks innovation will come from. One could also argue you get a short term price bump too.

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Re:Google’s “20% time,” which brought you Gmail and AdSense,... by dagw on Friday August 16, 2013 @10:09AM (#6224048)
I wouldn't blame this on MBA-think. The folks doing it at Google aren't MBAs

An MBA is neither necessary nor sufficient to suffer from MBA-think.

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