He was formerly an assistant professor at the Harvard Business School and is the author of four books, including Revival of the Fittest: Why good Companies Go Bad and How Great Managers Remake Them (Harvard Business School Press, 2003). The book was a finalist for the Academy of Management’s George R. Terry Award for Outstanding management Book. This article is excerpted from his latest book, to be published in June, Made in China: What Western Managers Can Learn from Trailblazing Chinese Entrepreneurs, by Donald N. Sull with Yong Harry Wang. It is reprinted by permission of Harvard Business School Press. Copyright 2005 Donald N. Sull. All rights reserved.