柳传志:胜算与风险

Liu Chuanzhi the founder's Last Battle

联想集团,这只在海外飞翔了将近四年的风筝。

Liu Chuanzhi returns.Yang Yuanqing becomes CEO of Lenovo again. Despite of suspicion and speculation,Liu Chuanzhi deserves the respect.Today,this 65-year-old Chinese local entrepreneur is still passionate just like the days when he started up business in his forties.He said,"I wish Lenovo could grow a great company". The founder's return has become an interesting phenomenon in modern business society,among which there are quite a few excellent cases.For instance,both Steven Jobs from Apple and Stan Shih from Acer have led the company to a new place through the reform,adjustment,turbulence or even the criticism.However,there are also losers:Kirk Kerkorian returned in 1986 and 1996 respectively for MGM, Kenneth Lay was back for Enron in 2001 and David Duffield showed up again for PeopleSoft in 2004. Anyway,these entrepreneurial founders take a high risk with their reputation,and thus their courage is adorable. For these business tycoons,historic assessment would lie in the balance between quick withdrawal and brave return. How Liu Chuanzhi's Chinese style management wisdom can change the internationalization of Lenovo?Let's wait and see.