What's Apple's Biggest Challenge: Replacing Steve or Market Pressure?

Published:September 8, 2011Author:James Heskett Discussions of management succession have been triggered once again in boardrooms around the world by Steve Jobs' decision to relinquish his job as CEO of Apple. Regarding Apple, of course, the question is what will Jobs' withdrawal from day-to-day decision-making mean for its future? If leaders often become "cult heroes," to use a term...