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根据以下材料,回答题Text 3
ThepagesoftheHarvardBusinessReviewarenotusuallypopulatedbynovelists.ButJosephFinderisjustsuchararity.Recently,theHBRpostedafictitiouscasestudybyMr.Finderonitswebsite.
Readerswillnowhaveachancetocomment;themostinterestingcontributions,aswellastheremarksofseveralcorporategrandees,willappearalongsidethestoryintheprintedversionof
themagazineinOctober.
Inthecasestudy,Mr.FinderdescribesadilemmafacingCherylTobin,thenewlyinstalledchiefexecutiveofabigaerospacefirm.Shestartstosuspectthathercolleagueshaveengagedinmassive
corruptiontowincontracts.Ms.TobinisalsoacentralcharacterinMr.Finder'snewbook,PowerPlay,whichwasreleasedearlierthisweek.Inthenovel,hermainconcernisnotcorruption
butanexecutiveretreatonaremoteislandthatgoeshorriblywrong.
AgraduateofbothYaleandHarvard,Mr.Findertookupnovel-writingafterflirtingwithaca-reerattheCIAandtakingastabatjournalism.Hehadwrittenanon-fictionbookaboutlinksbe-tweenAmericanbusinessesandtheSovietUnionbuthadbeenunabletousesomeofthemostfasci-natingmaterialhehadpickedup,sincehissourceswantedittoremain
offtherecord.SoMr.Finderwovethosetitbitsintoapoliticalthrillerinstead.Afterthreemorenovelsonpoliticalthemes,hedecidedtosethisnextbookintheworldofbusiness.
Therearemanynovelssetinofficesandboardrooms.TheappealofMr.Finder'sliesnotinthemajestyoftheprose--theyareairportnovels,notPulitzercandidates--butintheplausibilityoftheirplotsandtheaccuracyoftheirdepictionofcorporatelife."I'venotseenanythingthatcouldn'thappen,"saysSkipBrandon,co-founderofSmithBrandonInternational,acorporate-intelligencecompany."Thebusinesscommunityisprettyinteresting,withallsortsofcharacterswhichhebringstolifewithalevelofrealismpeoplecanrelateto,"saysBillTeuber,ofEMC,adata-stor-agecompany.
Businessjournalismmayprovideplentyoffactsandfigures,Mr.Finderargues,butitseldomgivesreadersmuchofafeelforcorporatelife.Fiction,inhisview,canprovideamoreaccuratepicture
thananythingfoundinnewspapersormanagementliterature.Atanyrate,Mr.Finderisconvincedthatcorporateinsiderstalkmorecandidlytohimthantheydotoreporters.
Hehasfoundbigcompaniesremarkablywillingtoprovidebackgroundmaterial.Forhisbook,Paranoia,hetalkedwithhigh-upsatApple,CiscoandHewlett-Packard--acomputer-makerwhosesubsequentinvolvementinareal-lifecaseofcorporateespionagemaynothavecomeasasurprisetoMr.Finder'sreaders.ForKillerInstinct,thecompanyNEChelpedhimtounderstandwhatitwasliketobeanAmericanworking
forabigJapaneseelectronicsfirm.
WhatisspecialaboutthisonlineeditionofHarvardBusinessReview? A.Itpublishedaliterarywork.
B.Itpostedreaders'commentsonthecasestudy.
C.Thehardcopyofthiseditionwillappearlater.
D.Corporateeliteswereinvitedtodiscussthecase.
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